Not only did I learn about snow blindness, but I was able to sit down and read the Sunday obituaries and find out about this guy, Geoffrey Burbidge, a founder of the B2FH paper which stated (in brief) how light elements make heavier ones.
Now the cool thing about all of this is that - well, a number of things. It tells us how life was made - each human has was made from a supernova's stardust. It also is a basis for awesome things like Nuclear Fusion. Also the sun is made of iron and... maybe.
Snow days are the best.
I suggest everyone check out the nasa pictures of the day.
star forming clusters are also the best (picture).
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