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I was reading the "XKCD What If?" for the week¹ and it referenced the "Oh-my-god" particle: a proton travelling at 0.9999999999999999999999951c which was detected in 1991. I'd never hear of it before, but it makes for interesting numbers: from it's POV the universe is only 19 days old OMG | :OMG:

indeed - and there have been 15 other sightings since then...
(http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/OhMyGodParticle/[^])

¹ Diamond[^] if you are interested

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OriginalGriff wrote:
from it's POV the universe is only 19 days old

From a photon's point of view, the universe is 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 femtoseconds old.

Hang on a bit - need some more zeros:
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I'll post a few more later, when I have the time. Laugh | :laugh:

You'll just have to be faster when you post. Big Grin | :-D

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OriginalGriff wrote:
from it's POV the universe is only 19 days old

Interesting: from my point of view[^], universe is 7521 years old. How fast am I travelling?

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