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Fifth Anniversary of a Cosmic Onslaught
The Bad Astronomer writes "Five years ago today (December 27, 2004), a vast wave of high-energy gamma and X-rays washed over the Earth, blinding satellites and partially ionizing the Earth's atmosphere. The culprit was a superflare from the magnetar SGR 1806-20, located 50,000 light years away. The energy released was mind-numbing: in one-fifth of a second, this supercharged magnetic neutron star blasted out as much energy as the Sun does in 250,000 years!"
It didn't happen 50005 years ago, it happened 5 years ago and 50000 light years away. There is no objective time.
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
Yes, although given the predisposition for earthquakes to cause magnetar flares, this is just too much to match up as coincidence.
I read TFA and all I got was this lousy cookie
I guess it depends which medical school you studied at, and which text books you read.
However Google returns 65,300 hits for lub dup, and 11,200,000 hits for lub dub. So if google is any indication, I am "right" and you are "wrong"...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Meme regurgitation is really only ever funny if you use them correctly.