Skeptics Guide to the Universe #848

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Item #1If every virus on Earth were laid end to end, they would reach about 100 million lights years. 
Item #2There are 100 million times as many bacteria in the world’s oceans as there are stars in the observable universe.
Item #3The rate of viral infections on Earth is about 1 trillion per second.
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘It’s never shameful for even a wise man to keep on learning new things all his life. Be flexible, not rigid. Think of trees caught in a raging winter torrent: Those that bend will survive with all their limbs intact. Those that resist are swept away.’ Said by Haimon in the play ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles