I looked it up. It seems either the aliens or our scientist has the speeds wrong. My article says:
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Astronomers have calculated that it takes the Sun 226 million years to completely orbit around the center of the Milky Way. In other words, that last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. In fact, this Sun orbit has only happened 20.4 times since the Sun itself formed 4.6 billion years ago.

Since the Sun is 26,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way, it has to travel at an astonishing speed of 782,000 km/hour in a circular orbit around the Milky Way center.

Just for comparison, the Earth is rotating at a speed of 1,770 km/h, and it’s moving at a speed of 108,000 km/h around the Sun.

It’s estimated that the Sun will continue fusing hydrogen for another 7 billon years or so. In other words, it only has another 31 orbits it can make before it runs out of fuel.
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Howie who is correct?

Nearly all aquatic plant life is some variety of unicellular algae, the most commonly known of a group of organisms called phytoplankton. These creatures get their greenish color from chlorophyll and dwell on the surface of the water so they can absorb plenty of sunlight and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis.

You wouldn’t think it, but there are over 7,000 different species of algae. In addition to the familiar green variety, these eukaryotes also come in shades of red and brown.

Brown algae is actually the most common, with green algae forming on land and in freshwater areas and red algae only appearing in dimly-lit locations and temperate to tropical climates.

Believe it or not, that “pond scum” is responsible for about around 70 to 80 percent of the oxygen on Earth. This comes to about 330 billion tons of oxygen each year!

Just thought I try to fill the absence of Howie with a little science. Where are you Howie?

In addition, less than 10% of our workforce in Uganda has as much as a secondary-school education. The extreme poverty and widespread disease in Uganda has reduced the average life expectancy here to 53 years.

The majority of the country is age 15 or younger. The economic, educational, and health problems in Uganda have gotten so bad that a member of our parliament once proposed giving college scholarships to girls who kept their virginity as a means to combat AIDS. 



Michelle, he situation in Uganda is particularly hazardous for us females. Uganda has the highest percentage of women in the world (40%) who agree that wife-beating is acceptable when a woman argues with her husband about anything.

Me, I’m for maiming or killing any asshole who touches me.

If you’re a parent considering buying and fixing up this car for a teenager in your house who imagines they’ll use it to go to the local drive-in theater with a cute boy / girl and let their hormones run wild, rest assured, this car is an automotive chastity belt. I mean, look at it. Every part of the car is shaped and styled like the least attractive parts of the human anatomy. The back is too small to lay down in, the rear seats are contoured in such a way as to make love-making impossible, and the center console is loaded with enough protuberances and jagged edges that necking could lead to a visit to the emergency room. This car is the anti-boner, its pastel paint job and fabric interior dousing any hormonal flames. Trust me on this, I drove this car for four years. Your teenager will experience a baffling streak of abstinence when they drive this car, to their frustration, and your relief.
The car also smells like blueberries, has been known to turn vegetarians into meat-eaters and has “The Godfather” soundtrack stuck in the tape deck. What a rare find.

Do you have what it takes to steer this teal, rusty “automotive chastity belt,” previously owned by the seller’s hippie parents? Check out the original ad on Craigslist or head to the “non-scary part of Detroit” to see The Toad in all its magnificence. Be warned though: if you pester the poster with questions answered in the ad, you’re going to get a surprising email in response.