13.8 BILLION YEARS. ONE VERY CURIOUS SPECIES.
A little perspective
on everything.✳
The big bang. A brilliant mind. Your favourite car.
Follow the threads. Find your place in the bigger picture.
A blink. And here we are.
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A quiet corner of time.
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FOLLOWING THE THREAD
Looking beyond the index…
All connected dates
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A FEW RABBIT HOLES
Curiosity looks good on you.
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If the universe were a year, our species would arrive
in roughly the last 11 minutes of 31 December.