197. Fact

Flying from london to new york by concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

198. Fact

There is enough fuel in a full tank of a jumbo jet to drive an average car four times around the world.

199. Fact

The surface speed record on the moon is 10.56 miles per hour. It was set with the lunar rover.

200. Fact

If you could drive to the sun -- at 55 miles per hour -- it would take about 193 years.

201. Fact

The moon is one million times drier than the gobi desert.

202. Fact

Just twenty seconds worth of fuel remained when apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon.

203. Fact

A boeing 707 uses four thousand gallons of fuel in its take-off climb.

204. Fact

The planet saturn has a density lower than water. So, if placed in water it would float.

205. Fact

Since 1959, more than 6,000 pieces of 'space junk' (abandoned rocket and satellite parts) have fallen out of orbit - many of these have hit the earth's surface.

206. Fact

It takes 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.

207. Fact

Every year in the us, 625 people are struck by lightning.

208. Fact

Hawaii is moving toward japan 4 inches every year.

209. Fact

The rocket engine has to supply its own oxygen so it can burn its fuel in outer space.

210. Fact

The north atlantic gets 1 inch wider every year.

211. Fact

Oxygen is the most abundant element in the earths crust, waters, and atmosphere (about 49.5%).

212. Fact

A stroke of lightning discharges from 10 to 100 million volts & 30,000 amperes of electricity.

213. Fact

A bolt of lightning is about 54,000f (30,000c); six times hotter than the sun.

214. Fact

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe (75%).

215. Fact

The average distance between the earth & the moon is 238,857 miles (384,392 km).

216. Fact

The moon is 27% the size of the earth.

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