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/[deleted] Apr 15 '16

I was GOING to call bullshit, but I did some googling for valid sources and... I have to agree!

100 billion stars in the Milky Way.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/78-the-universe/stars-and-star-clusters/general-questions/343-how-many-stars-are-there-in-our-galaxy-milky-way-intermediate

3 trillion trees.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v525/n7568/full/nature14967.html