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Titan, a moon of Saturn, is the only moon in the Solar System with a thick atmosphere.

Why it is true

Titan's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, like Earth's, and the pressure at the surface is about one and a half times ours. With such a dense atmosphere and so little gravity, a person with wings strapped to their arms could fly. The Huygens probe landed there in 2005.

Source: NASA / ESA (missão Cassini-Huygens)

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