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Did you know? The Pleiades ("seven sisters") is an open star cluster 444 light years from Earth — 6-7 stars visible to the naked eye in good conditions. Myths about seven lost sisters exist independently in Greek, Aboriginal Australian, Inuit and Japanese cultures — leading anthropologists to strongly suspect the story is 100,000+ years old.

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The Pleiades ("seven sisters") is an open star cluster 444 light years from Earth — 6-7 stars visible to the naked eye in good conditions. Myths about seven lost sisters exist independently in Greek, Aboriginal Australian, Inuit and Japanese cultures — leading anthropologists to strongly suspect the story is 100,000+ years old.

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