Some interesting stuff in here...
- That we sent a rover that traveled for 8 months and 350 million miles and landed it, safely, on another planet. AND, that it sent back a picture, 350 million miles away, within a couple minutes of landing. Can't even wrap my brain around it..
- UY Scuti (largest known star) has a diameter of 1.5 billion miles, and if it were placed where our Sun is now, its photosphere would stretch all the way out to Jupiter and more than likely Saturn..
- A light year is almost 6 trillion miles. Trillion. UY Scuti is approximately 9,500 light years away from Earth...
- The absolute size of Africa. Every picture I've ever seen has always shown the continent comparable in size to the rest of the world. And then I came across that photo showing the entire continental USA INSIDE of Africa, along with a host of other countries...and was just...
..#sizeequalspower
- Antiperspirant deodorant was meant to be applied at night before you went to bed...
- My 15yr old nephew told me today that he was done with football..
...and now wants to play fukkin' lacrosse..