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When Pope Gregory XIII briefly shortened the light-year in 1582, it led to navigational chaos and the loss of several Papal starships.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It falls often into sensible chuckle territory rather than stand-up comic material kind of funny.