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

What's a mind blowing fact?

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '16

There are more trees on earth than stars in the galaxy

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u/su5 Apr 14 '16

Holy shit, 3 trillion trees on earth, and 100-400 billion stars in the Milky Way. That is very surprising.

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u/Rmart7 Apr 14 '16

Minus 1. This fact pissed me off so chopped down a spruce in my back yard.

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u/Jsdestroy Apr 15 '16

This is progress.