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So I change my cellphone's language to german... I think I'm suffering...

How Big is Our Galaxy, the Milky Way?

When we talk about the enormity of the cosmos, it’s easy to toss out big numbers – but far harder to wrap our minds around just how large, how far and how numerous celestial bodies like exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system – really are.

So. How big is our Milky Way Galaxy?

We use light-time to measure the vast distances of space.

It’s the distance that light travels in a specific period of time. Also: LIGHT IS FAST, nothing travels faster than light.

How far can light travel in one second? 186,000 miles. It might look even faster in metric: 300,000 kilometers in one second. See? FAST.

How far can light travel in one minute? 11,160,000 miles. We’re moving now! Light could go around the Earth a bit more than 448 times in one minute.

Speaking of Earth, how long does it take light from the Sun to reach our planet? 8.3 minutes. (It takes 43.2 minutes for sunlight to reach Jupiter, about 484 million miles away.) Light is fast, but the distances are VAST.

In an hour, light can travel 671 million miles. We’re still light-years from the nearest exoplanet, by the way. Proxima Centauri b is 4.2 light-years away. So… how far is a light-year? 5.8 TRILLION MILES.

A trip at light speed to the very edge of our solar system – the farthest reaches of the Oort Cloud, a collection of dormant comets way, WAY out there – would take about 1.87 years.

Our galaxy contains 100 to 400 billion stars and is about 100,000 light-years across!

One of the most distant exoplanets known to us in the Milky Way is Kepler-443b. Traveling at light speed, it would take 3,000 years to get there. Or 28 billion years, going 60 mph. So, you know, far.

SPACE IS BIG.

Read more here: go.nasa.gov/2FTyhgH

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What if instead of gilly weed Harry had showed up to the black lake challenge in muggle scuba gear like “like where’s your advanced magic now bitches? Got me a free fishing knife with this thing”

a few useful expressions #2

i wouldn’t know : je ne saurais (or pourrais) pas dire

it doesn’t ring a bell : ça ne me dit rien (du tout)

i believe so : je crois/il me semble (bien) que oui

clockwise : dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

don’t pull out that on me : arrête tes conneries (rude)

when i think about it : quand j’y pense

you shouldn’t have done that : tu n’aurais pas dû faire ça

i don’t want to : je n’ai pas envie

i don’t mind : ça ne me dérange pas/ce n’est pas grave

i have to go : je dois y aller

next week : la semaine prochaine

the following week : la semaine suivante

last week : la semaine dernière

the week before : la semaine précédente 

i can’t remember : je ne me rappelle pas

i’m happy i did : je suis content-e de l’avoir fait

i’m going to bed : je vais me coucher

it doesn’t matter to me : je m’en fiche/m’en fous (rude)

i’m not interested : ça ne m’intéresse pas

i’m not mad : je ne suis pas fâché-e/en colère après toi

you’re so extra : tu en fais trop 

if we’re lucky : avec un peu de chance

how did that happen : comment est-ce que c’est arrivé ?

what do you mean ? : qu’est-ce que tu veux dire ?

what are you doing ? : qu’est-ce que tu fais ?

what did you do ? : qu’est-ce que tu as fait ?

why did you do that : pourquoi as-tu fait ça ? 

a few useful expressions #1

Revolutionäre Idee aus Flensburg. Brot-mit-Erdbeermarmelade-Eis. Schmeckt aber tatsächlich so :D

This is my chance...

Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away 12 vintage paperback classics featuring Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, Kate Chopin, Jack Kerouac, and others! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on October 25, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck! Follow macrolit.books to qualify for our IG giveaway. 📚

I must say that I LOVE to read in the subway or the bus! I don’t know why, it’s just amazing

Hej där! It’s time for a giveaway again <3

Three books this time: One kids book, one self-help book (that I personally enjoyed reading) and one book with snippets of fun convos from eavesdropping on strangers in public (you don’t have to have read the first one of them to read the second one!). I’m also throwing in a Dwebble plushie this time, since it’s light enought that it won’t add to the shipping cost 🦀 Everything will go to one winner.

To enter the giveaway, just do these two things:

Reblog this post and…

Tag it with your favourite place to read

A winner for this giveaway will be picked with a random number generator on June 29th 2021. So make sure to reblog this post before then if you want to be certain that your entry is counted! What you write in your tags won’t impact how likely you are to win - it’s more that I’m curious, as well as a way to make sure that people have read the post before reblogging.

This giveaway is international, so you can enter no matter where you live.

However, if you are a minor, please ask for your parent’s/guardian’s permission before entering. This is because you have to give me your name and address if you win so that I can fill out the shipping information correctly when I send the books to you.

Please also make sure to have your instant messaging function turned on here on tumblr so I can contact you easily if you win!

Also please note that the shipping time might still take a little bit longer than normal due to covid-19. So please be patient.

Good luck!! 🇸🇪

& huge thanks to those who have bought books from me and supported me through kofi! It’s only with your help I can do these giveaways <3 https://ko-fi.com/samhannes

All about Easter in Germany!

A Brit in Germany explains German Ostern. 

“This week I’m looking at how Easter is celebrated in Germany - including special food, customs and tons of vocabulary. Joining me are stone rabbit and stone bird. ;D

☆ Mini Deutsch dictionary: Alles über Ostern - everything about Easter Ostern - Easter der Gründonnerstag - Maundy Thursday der Karfreitag - Good Friday der Karsamstag - Holy Saturday der Ostersonntag - Easter Sunday der Ostergottesdienst - Easter mass der Ostermonntag - Easter Monday die Osterwoche - Easter week die Osterkarte - Easter card das Osterrad - Easter wheel der Osterbrunnen - Easter fountain die Ostereier - Easter eggs der Osterhase - Easter bunny das Osternest - Easter nest/basket der Osterstrauch - little branch or bush with eggs hanging on it der Osterzopf - plaited bread Osterlamm - cake/bread in shape of lamb das Osterbrot - Easter bread die Osterglocke - daffodil Frohe Ostern! - Happy Easter das Ostereiersuchen - Easter egg hunt”

Der Osterhase (Easter Bunny) is a German-Lutheran tradition - it started in Germany in the Middle Ages. Read more about it here.

So my mom bought Ziploc bags a few months ago and she started freezing the meat in those bags, everything was perfect, or that's what I thought. In my mind we were going to stop using one-use-plastic-bags to freeze the meat, but I was mistaken, my mom starting to throw them into the trash! I was soo shocked and I ask her why she was doing that, I don't remember her answer now but, today, I saw in the trash can two bags, I got really angry, I mean no conscience? The worst s what she told me, she said:

" this country (one in south america) doesn't help me recycle so I won't do it"

I was like WTF, it's not recycle it's reuse, she was already mad at me, so I didn't say anything but, it makes me feel so bad the fact that I'm not really helping the planet, every time that I try to recycle or reuse in my house nobody helps at home, I feel so useless and that depresses me, I really want to help the planet...

i PERSONALLY would like to FALL IN LOVE please!!!!!! and have the SAME PERSON fall in love with me BACK!!!!!!! could i get some MUTUAL AFFECTION out here!!!!!!!!!!