The UK is a third world country

Joke doesn't really work as Mercury and Venus are planets, not World's.
Says who? The definition of "world" is anything that can be considered whole in the universe, as well as a body in nature, so a child's dream is their world (example), likewise any planet is also a world.
 
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yes - can't work out if he has heard of 3rd rock from the sun ... must be 20 odd years ago ?

on ex-worlds interesting fact this week - When Pluto is farthest from the Sun the Sun is far less than an arcminute in size, and looks like a dot.

e: I'd assumed nasa's attempt to adjust the trajectory of a meteorite wss being discussed in space thread - appears not - hows that going
 
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