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10. That's the first thing I thought of...

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:58 AM

Jan 2012

the Cosmos series was an awesome introduction to all that when I was a kid.

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Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded [View all] snooper2 Jan 2012 OP

What a relief. I thought it was because of burrito night. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #1

I take it you watched "How The Universe Works" last night? tridim Jan 2012 #2

LOL... snooper2 Jan 2012 #5

I liked it too, but while I like Mike Rowe in general.. tridim Jan 2012 #8

Strange. I was watching that last night, as well. -nt Liberal Veteran Jan 2012 #16

Bull. I can hold up my thumb and cover the sun on a whim. onehandle Jan 2012 #3

You just proved him correct. The Sun is small. RC Jan 2012 #4

I can cover Arcturus with the head... the point of a pin. onehandle Jan 2012 #9

That's the first thing I thought of... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #10

This made me go find this: Robb Jan 2012 #17

Lol. I hope the pie tasted better than is performed as a prop. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2012 #22

it DID NOT! ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2012 #7

Here you go. woo me with science Jan 2012 #12

Only the heavier elements in my body must have come from supernovae. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #13

There's still some uncertainty about that. randome Jan 2012 #15

"We are stardust," yellerpup Jan 2012 #14

The appeal of religions is really not that amazing. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #26

"Be you dust, or be you star..." jberryhill Jan 2012 #19

"We are stardust... we are billion year old carbon" waddirum Jan 2012 #21

Pedantic: The hydrogen atoms didn't come from a star jeff47 Jan 2012 #20

What we are... drokhole Jan 2012 #23

So...I existed in some way before my mom got pregnant? This could get good The Straight Story Jan 2012 #24

Not your cells, but their constituent atoms. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2012 #25