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What's that silly and interesting piece of trivia you know but never have the chance to share? (sh.itjust.works)
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Here’s mine:

Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

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Just as the Earth rotates around the Sun, the Sun rotates around the center of the galaxy. [...] this means we take around 230 million years [...] to complete an orbit around the galactic center of the Milky Way. [...] sharks, which evolved around 450 million years ago, have hitched a lift on our planet around the galaxy twice. To put it another more flattering way, they are around two galactic years old.

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