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Science communicators at NASA have staged a press conference to clear up some of the most common misconceptions about our solar system. "The moon and the sun are not in a relationship," said one, "it's patently ridiculous. Luna and the Earth are in a committed partnership, and we've known this for quite some time." The communicator then further clarified that Sol is a long-distance partner (or a 'comet partner', as it were) in the Kuiper Belt circumstellar disc, a large-scale polycule of over 100,000 stellar objects rivaled only by the GSP (Greater Seattle Polycule).

Holy shit.

Occasionally as an Australian you'll be talking to someone from overseas, and you'll discover a common phrase you took for granted is, in fact, not universally known outside of our country.

Turns out casually dropping "fuck me dead" into conversation will give unsuspecting Americans an aneurism.

The more you know.

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hi can i have a couple (or more) tentacled snakes please?

Tentacled Snake (Erpeton tentaculatum), family Homalopsidae, found in SE Asia

Aquatic and piscivorous

Rear-fanged, mildly venomous

The tentacles have a mechanosensory function, able to detect small movements in the water.

Photographs by Dick Bartlett

Photograph by Tommy Hui

photographs by Jonathan Hagström

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