It is really easy for the mind to drift off into crazy places while working 12 hours each day. Just the other day, I was thinking about buying big helium balloons in order to start sending my stuff into space. Speaking of space, there is a very simple question that the average American will probably get wrong.
How many planets are there in our solar system? There are nine, wait a minute, something is wrong. There are only 8. In 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. I think this got media coverage for a week or maybe a month but I guess most people forgot this fact.
Still, the number of planets was one of those most basic things that a kid learns in first grade science. This was a basic and unchanging fact until 2006. Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet for the reason that Pluto's orbit cuts through Neptune's orbit for a portion of Pluto's year.
It is possible that we will discover more planets in our solar system in the future as well.
It makes me think that things are just the way they are because we deem them to be.
Even our global map has changed over time and is continuing to change to this day. In the past, Russia used to be part of the Soviet Union. America started out as only a few colonies until our history unfolded.
To take things in a more silly route, there are articles that state there are more than 60 different genders.
Remember this when the status quo changes in the future.
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