Saturn isn’t the only planet with rings: Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have them, too.
Dumb Facts » Earth and Space
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It takes light 8 minutes to trave lfrom the sun.
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The Earth weighs around 6,588,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
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The Sun shrinks in diameter by 5 feet every hour.
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Dirty snow melts faster than white snow because it’s darker and absorbs more heat.
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At 90′ below zero your breath will freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground.
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The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24,896 miles.
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Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women!
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In space, astronauts cannot cry, because there is no gravity, so the tears can’t flow!
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By some estimates, there are about a million earthquakes a day, although most are too small to be felt by even the most sensitive.