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Quote #642 There Are 10^11 Stars In The Galaxy.
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There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's
only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call
them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
-- Richard Feynman
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