| 41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time. |
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| Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead. |
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| February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon. |
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| In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than a hundred years before either moon was discovered! |
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| Moon was Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name. (Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the moon in 1969). |
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| The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year. |
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| The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean. |
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| There are three golf balls sitting on the moon. |
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