Consider

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How significant are we, humankind, on this small spheroid called Earth? Consider the following:

Each dot here is a GALAXY... 

Each GALAXY has roughly 100 BILLION STARS. 

Each STAR has at least 1 PLANET. 

This is just a very little parcel of the universe.

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