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Xyzse

(8,217 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2013, 12:00 PM Jul 2013

Interesting Facts about Life

Last edited Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:29 PM - Edit history (1)

http://now.msn.com/interesting-facts-about-life-that-will-blow-your-mind

There were a few things here that I took note of.

1 - There are 18.6 million vacant houses in America. Which is more than enough for every homeless person in America to have 6.

2 - I didn't realize how long some of the Planet's orbits were. I should have known, but I never bothered figuring it out.

3 - The stars we look up at, many of them are probably gone. So, I guess they are ghost lights.

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Interesting Facts about Life (Original Post) Xyzse Jul 2013 OP

The planets aren't really orbiting that slow, they just have a helluva long way to travel. lastlib Jul 2013 #1

You're right. Xyzse Jul 2013 #2

lastlib

(23,286 posts)

1. The planets aren't really orbiting that slow, they just have a helluva long way to travel.

Reply to Xyzse (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:26 PM

Jul 2013

Pluto travels a distance of about 10 billion miles in one orbit; by comparison, Voyager 2 is now about 9 billion miles from earth on its journey out of the solar system.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)

2. You're right.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 02:29 PM

Jul 2013

Bad way of framing things in my end.

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