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3 curious facts about comets that you shouldn't miss.
Facts hungry ^ | Devansh

Posted on 04/25/2022 6:33:54 AM PDT by Varun

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To: Pikachu_Dad
Halley's comet appeared in 1066 and is depicted (not very accurately) on the Bayeux Tapestry.

I believe the comet shown in one of Giotto's paintings was also Halley's comet.

21 posted on 04/25/2022 11:30:20 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Also associated with the dawn of Rock and Roll


22 posted on 04/25/2022 11:47:00 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Varun

Comet
It’ll make your teeth turn green

Comet
It tastes like gasoline

Comet
It’ll make you vomit

So get some Comet, and vomit, today!


23 posted on 04/25/2022 11:49:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DannyTN

GMTA.

I always wondered how back in the days when we were growing up, without social media, those songs spread amongst schoolkids.


24 posted on 04/25/2022 11:52:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“...closer to the sun a comet may travel at over 100,000 miles per hour.”


25 posted on 05/16/2022 7:25:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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