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From: Orchid XP v8
Date: 17 Jun 2008 17:02:10
Message: <48582652$1@news.povray.org>
>   Not only is the term "parsec" used as a unit of time in the original
> Star Wars, but there's actually a second WTF related to the use of that
> unit: It's a unit related to the orbital diameter of the Earth, and Star
> Wars happens "in a galaxy far, far away". No Earth there.

Damn. I never even thought to look up what a parsec is! Hehe, I just 
figured it was either a completely made-up term, or they knew what they 
were talking around. WRONG! ;-)

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