In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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