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Golf is the only sport to have been 'played' on the moon - on 6 February
1971 Alan Shepard hit a golf ball.
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In 1911 a dog was killed by a meteor at Nakhla, Egypt. This unlucky creatre
is the only one known to have been killed by a meteor.
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If the sun suddenly stopped shining it would take eight minutes for people
on earth to be aware of it.
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Time slows down near a black hole and inside ceases to exist.
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From space, the brightest man-made place is Las Vegas, Nevada
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Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and only one which is not
named after a mythical god.
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To remember the order of the planets use the phrase 'My Very Eager Mother
Just Served Us Nine Pizzas' - the capital letters give the order of planets,
beginning with closest to sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
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In 1958 the US sent 2 mice into space - Benjy and Laska.
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Comets are a mixture of ice and dust that failed to come together as a
planet. Sometimes they are called "dirty snowballs".
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More than 1 million Earths could fit inside the sun. By far, the Sun is
the largest object in our solar system.
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A Space Shuttle's main engine weighs about a seventh as much as a train
engine but can deliver as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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The first 'Chimponaut' was 3 year old Ham, who rocketed into space on January
31, 1961.
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The footprints left by astronauts on the Moon should last several million
years.
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Buzz Aldrin's (second man on the moon) Mother's name was Marion Moon.
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All the planets in our solar system could be placed inside the planet Jupiter.
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In space no one can see you cry - gravity means tears won't flow normally.
