Speaking of stars, I just went to a planetarium (long story, kids involved). Anyway, the dude was saying that if you look in the southwest evening sky you may see the star "Arcturus" which is approx 36 light years away, which means if you were born 36 years ago, and you look out and see arcturus, you'll be seeing it by the light that it emitted when you were born, sucka.
You can't see most of my stars yet...
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