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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) this appears to be untrue.

Polaris is a cluster of stars formed about 2 billion years ago. Sharks originated about 450 million years ago.

One star of Polaris (Aa) appears to be 50 million years old, but it seems likely due to a collision of stars which added mass to it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So it's technically not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And yet, technically wrong

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Schrödinger's fact.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

But polaris Aa is the only visible star with naked eye. So that can be called formation of star?