1. A day on Venus
    is longer than its year.
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  2. Of all the solar system's planets, Venus is the closest to a twin of Earth, with a similar size, orbit and composition.
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  3. Floating cities above the clouds of Venus may be our best bet for becoming a two-planet species. Conditions there are so similar to Earth a human wouldn't need a pressurized suit, the gravity is similar and transit times are shorter than to Mars.
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  4. It snows metal
    on planet Venus.
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  5. The surface gravities of Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all quite similar (within 15%) to Earth's.
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  6. There are 5 planets you can see with the naked eye, not using a telescope: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
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  7. Your voice would be deeper on Venus because its dense atmosphere would cause your vocal cords to vibrate more slowly.
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  8. The Soviets landed a spacecraft on Venus in 1970. It became the first to land on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth.
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  9. Venus has more volcanoes than any other planet in the solar system, with over 1600.
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  10. Temperatures in Venus can reach a 870 degrees Fahrenheit (470 degrees Celsius).
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  11. Winds howl across Venus at super-fast speeds that can reach 450 mph (724 kph) in its middle cloud layer.
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  12. The air pressure on the surface of
    Venus is extreme: about 90 times higher than the pressure
    at sea level here on Earth.
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  13. In about 5 billion years, the Sun will deplete its supply of hydrogen and helium, turning into a red giant star, consuming Mercury and Venus and maybe even Earth.
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  14. Venus spins in the opposite direction from most other planets so that on Venus the sun rises in the west.
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  15. No man-made object has survived on Venus for more than 127 minutes.
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