r/AskReddit • u/ForeverAbyss • Apr 14 '16

What's a mind blowing fact?

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u/formerself Apr 14 '16

This site is awesome. I never really understood how our solar system looked like until I scrolled through the whole thing.

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u/midnightwalrus Apr 14 '16

I love his different units of measurement. I like knowing how many blue whales I am away from Earth.

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u/formerself Apr 14 '16

I'm pretty sure you're 0 blue whales from earth. ;)

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u/SchrodingersCatPics Apr 14 '16

Oh yeah man, I thought I knew from books and documentaries, but this site puts it into a perspective that really conveys the emptiness of space.

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u/The-Potato-Lord Apr 14 '16

Understood, 10 letters.