It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to step foot on the moon, carried with him a piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Flyer.
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The center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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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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The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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The density of Saturn is so low that if you were to put it in a giant glass of water it would float.
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