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TIL Miranda, a moon of Uranus, might have the tallest cliff in the Solar System. The cliff is estimated to be between 5 and 15 kilometers tall. At 15 km tall, it would take 12 minutes to fall from the top with Miranda's low gravity (at 200 km/h).

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