Thursday, March 13, 2008

Today In History: ...and they've regretted the name ever since.

On this date in 1781, William Herschel, without even using his hands or a map, found Uranus.
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown5:50 AM, March 13, 2008

    "I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all."

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  2. Tam5:51 AM, March 13, 2008

    "What'd they change it to?"

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  3. doubletrouble8:56 AM, March 13, 2008

    I still remember, back in the 80s I think, when I saw the headline in a newspaper,

    "There May Be Rings Around Uranus".

    Those dirty rings! I've tried scrubbing...

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  4. Anonymous9:44 AM, March 13, 2008

    Too funny! Every once in a while it's fun to ride the wayback machine Mr. Peabody!

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  5. Anonymous10:34 AM, March 13, 2008

    "Urectum"

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  6. Assrot5:46 PM, March 14, 2008

    As long as he found Uranus and not Myanus, we're all good. You can handle yourself it seems so I'll leave you to deal with Uranus issues.

    :-)

    Joe

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