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Did you know?


 * Halley's Comet was last seen in the inner Solar System in 1986. It will be visible again from Earth sometime in 2061. You will be how old????
 * Footprints and tire tracks left behind by astronauts on the moon will stay there forever as there is no wind to blow them away.
 * The U.S. has more tornadoes than any other country in the world, averaging around 1200 a year!
 * Hawaii is moving towards Japan at about 4 inches/year.
 * One inch of rainwater is equivalent to 15 inches of dry, powdery snow.
 * The Universe contains @ 50,000,000,000 galaxies.
 * Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
 * Every year in the U.S., 625 people are struck by lightning.
 * If you could drive to the sun - at 55 mph - it would take about 193 years to get there.

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