Space Facts

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    The Mystery of the Black Knight Satellite
    There's a mysterious satellite of unknown origin that's orbiting Earth. Dubbed the Black Knight Satellite, astronomers have been reporting strange radio signals allegedly coming from the satellite since the 1930s - before NASA or the Soviet Union put satellites into space.
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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    If you were to cry in space, the tears would form a bubble in your eye until it's so big it moves to another spot on your face.
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