@[564198067:2048:Balaji Sampath], something for your students to chew on, I suppose: http://what-if.xkcd.com/145/

For the others, if this articles doesn't get you interested in Physics, nothing can. Which, also makes you a certified non-nerd.

Finally, the surface of the moon is boiling hot. The sunlit part - the part we can see, that is. It does look 'cool' up in the night sky.