In Ivrea, Italy, thousands of citizens celebrate the beginning of Lent by throwing oranges at one another.

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

A brown dwarf is a very small, dark object, with a mass less than 1/10 that of the Sun. They are 'failed stars', globules of gas that have shrunk under gravity, but failed to ignite and shine as stars.

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