Apace Knowing Facts

• Did you knoweach time you see a full moon you always see the same side
• Did you knowthe longest possible eclipse of the sun is 7.31 minutes
• Did you knowHalley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062)
• Did you knowthere is no sound in space
• Did you knowMars appears red because it's covered in rust
• Did you knowEarth is the only planet not named after a god
• Did you knowif your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times
• Did you knowduring a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6°C (20°F)
• Did you knowa full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon
• Did you knowthe moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days
• Did you knowthe Moons diameter is 3,476km
• Did you knowVenus is the only planet that rotates clockwise
• Did you knowthe sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth
• Did you knowevery year the sun loses 360 million tons
• Did you knowfleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle
• Did you knowover 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year
• Did you knowthe Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
• Did you know45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
• Did you knowall the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
• Did you knowan area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles