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What's that silly and interesting piece of trivia you know but never have the chance to share? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Here’s mine:

Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Okay what's that one about sharks?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Lightly edited:

    Just as the Earth rotates around the Sun, the Sun rotates around the center of the galaxy. [...] this means we take around 230 million years [...] to complete an orbit around the galactic center of the Milky Way. [...] sharks, which evolved around 450 million years ago, have hitched a lift on our planet around the galaxy twice. To put it another more flattering way, they are around two galactic years old.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    I don't remember how long sharks have existed, but they're one of the older animals out there. So the implication is that sharked existed while the solar system orbited the centre of the galaxy twice. I didn't think the earth had been around twice, I thought it was once-and-a-bit, but I'm too lazy to look it up - but that's what the're saying.

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