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Old 2nd May 2014, 23:09
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SilsoeSid

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I still find it mind blowing that there was only 66 years between Orville Wright's first powered flight and Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon.
Then you'll be even more mind blown to find out it was actually 65 Years, 7 Months & 4 Days



What I find mind blowing is the photo Voyager 1 (launched in 1977) took of Earth 13 years later in 1990;


"Seen from 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles), Earth appears as a "pale blue dot" (the blueish-white speck approximately halfway down the brown band to the right)."
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