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It’s the 50th anniversary of #Apollo11! How much do you know about the moon? Let’s find out ➡️👀🌕🌖🌘 We’ll post the answers at 5pmPT/8pmET. 1/
Question one: Which country was the first to land on the far side of the moon? 2/
Question two: True or False: The moon doesn't rotate, which is why we can only see one side. 3/
Question three: True or False: The Moon doesn't have an atmosphere. 4/
Question four: Where did Apollo 11 land? 5/
Question five: True or False: The Apollo 11 guidance computer had less computing power than the original Game Boy. 6/
Answer: China.

The country made history by landing a rover there just last year. wired.trib.al/zEmFhwi
Answer: False, it takes the moon as long to rotate around its axis as it does to make one orbit of the Earth, a phenomenon known as 'tidal locking.'
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Answer: False. It just has a very thin one.
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Answer: Sea of Tranquility, a misnomer for an area covered in craters and littered with boulders.
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Answer: True! The Game Boy had double the RAM and quadruple the processing speed.
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