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.

    • aramis87@fedia.io
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      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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        The amazing thing about that is, sharks didn’t even mention it. No bragging or trying to get special status. They are just so chill about it.

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      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.