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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (27 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (12 children)

The only reason Pluto is no longer a planet is because we discovered there were loads more planets and couldn't be bothered to acknowledge their existence!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

It's been like that for decades to be honest. Ceres used to be called a planet, but you don't see anyone complaining about it's demotion

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