Earth’s estimated tree count exceeds the Milky Way’s estimated star count.

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Earth’s estimated tree count exceeds the Milky Way’s estimated star count.

A major 2015 study estimated about 3.04 trillion trees on Earth, more than commonly estimated star populations for the Milky Way. This compares two estimates, not complete individual censuses.

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A rotation on Venus takes longer than its entire year.

Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate relative to the stars, longer than its 225-day year. Its solar day, measured from one sunrise to the next, is shorter: about 117 Earth days.

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A teaspoon of neutron star would weigh about a billion tons.

A teaspoon-sized volume at neutron-star densities can have a mass of roughly a billion tons. This is a density comparison, not a suggestion that stable spoonfuls could be brought to Earth.

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