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1930 - Sir Sean Connery
1938 - Frederick Forsyth
1942 - Howard Jacobson
1947 - Ann Archer
1949 - Martin Amis
1954 - Elvis Costello
1956 - Matt Aitken
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus
1970 - Claudia Schiffer
Actually, there are hundreds of billions. There are more stars than we even know of, and if even a fraction of these stars are the centers of their own solar systems, there are too many to count!
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How may galaxies and stars are there in this Universe?
In the portion of the universe we can observe, there are at least a hundred billion galaxies! But we don’t know how much more universe there is out there, and…
What years are leap years?
It takes the earth about 365.2422 days to go around the sun, but a normal calendar year is only 365 days. The extra fraction of a day adds up: circling…
What is a light year and how long is it?
A light year is a way of measuring distance. I know that doesn’t seem to make much sense because “light year” contains the word “year,” which is normally a unit…
Why are there different money systems in the different countries?
When countries are formed, most prefer to form their own monetary system so that their economy is not dependent on the strength or weakness of some other country’s economy. Not…
What do the colors red, white, and blue symbolize in the American flag?
The colors of the American flag symbolize absolutely nothing. The colors red, white, and blue did not have specific meanings when the original Stars and Stripes flag was adopted in…