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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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[–] 11 points 2 months ago

Orion's Belt is made up of three, or ten, stars, depending on how you count them.

We look up at Orion with the naked eye and see his belt as three "stars": Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka. Alnitak, the left hand one, is a triple star system, Mintaka on the right, is a six-star system. Only the middle one, Alnilam, is a single star.

Out of all of them, only one, Mintaka B, is smaller than our Sun.

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