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Eugene Shoemaker, who co-discovered comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, died in a car crash on his way to see comet Hale-Bopp. Some of his ashes were taken to the moon in 1999, making him the only person to be buried on a celestial body outside Earth.

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter's tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet's surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world's nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.

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1. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter's tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet's surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world's nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.

2. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is another known comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994.

3. Germany levies a "Church Tax" amounting to up to 9% of the total income tax on all person declaring themselves to be Christian. The proceeds are shared among the Churches.

4. Just one of the 21 fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's impacts on Jupiter released 600 times more energy than the entire world's nuclear arsenal.

5. About the Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport, a tiny airstrip near Green River, Wyoming. In 1994, a bill was passed stating that any alien from Jupiter who needed refuge from asteroids (an apparent reference to Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9) could come to Green River, hence the name.

6. Green River, Wyoming has an Intergalactic Spaceport meant to receive refugees displaced by the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter.

7. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter's tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet's surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world's nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.

8. In 1994 Jupiter absorbed a huge asteroid called Shoemaker-Levy 9 which headed to Earth. If there was no Jupiter at that time and place, we would have experienced the same what dinosaurs did and it was just 24 years ago.