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paleotn

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18. Unless it's not a miss and you're in the trajectory.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Mon May 18, 2026, 05:47 PM

6 hrs ago

Makes you wonder how many others are out there we know nothing about. A lot of them probably. For me, every warm sunny day when nothing comes blazing out of the sky is a gift in the light of the great probability engine that is the universe.

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