Space 'did you knows'

[Justice For All]

Did you know
each time you see a full moon you always see the same side
Did you know
the longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
Did you know
Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
Did you know
there is no sound in space
Did you know
Earth is the only planet not named after a god
Did you know
if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
Did you know
a full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
Did you know
the moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
Did you know
the Moons diameter is 3,476km
Did you know
the sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
Did you know
every year the sun loses 360 million tons
Did you know
fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
Did you know
over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
Did you know
the Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
Did you know
45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
Did you know
all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
Did you know
an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
Did you know
more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
Did you know
the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
Did you know
from space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas
Did you know
due to gravitational effects you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
Did you know
If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years
Did you know
hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%)
Did you know
the moon is 27% the size of the Earth
Did you know
the center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C (27 million F)
Did you know
an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)

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Which fact(s) stand out to you the most? I think,
"Did you know
if your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times." is really amazing!

 

[sophia ellison]

there are some unique lines which i don't know before.