A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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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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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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Pluto is smaller than Russia.
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NASA invented baby food as we know it today.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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