Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 20/09/2012 05:32 PM, Warp wrote:
> > Orchid Win7 v1<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
> >> I always assumed that "the milky way" was something you could only see
> >> with a space-based telescope.
> >
> > When do you think the name was invented?
>
> I have no idea - it's not something I've ever devoted a lot of thought to.

the old greeks explained that bright white smudge up there by saying it was milk
from the breast of one of the Titans who first created the cosmos.  Thus, milky
way.

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