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It takes the sun somewhere between 225 million and 250 million years to make a full orbit around the center of the galaxy.

Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old, which means it has lived through about 20 complete loops around the galaxy.

If the sun travels in an approximate circle around the center of the galaxy, then that circle can be divided up into degrees — every circle is 360 degrees. Every degree can be divided up into 60 pieces, each called an arc minute. Every arc minute can be divided into 60 arc seconds. (These units can also be used to measure the distance between objects on the sky). The creators of Galactic Tick Day then divided each arc second by 100 (a “centi-arc second”).

Sneider said they call each of these centi-arc seconds a “tick,” sort of like the tick of a second hand on a clock. Every time the sun completes one centi-arc second in its orbit around the galactic center, they will celebrate Galactic Tick Day.

With that in mind, the sun moves through one centi-arc second of its orbit around the galaxy every 633.7 days, or 1.73 years, and Sept. 29, 2016, will be the 235th Galactic Tick Day.

The massive Stickney Crater on Phobos stretches almost 6 miles.

Mars’ moons Phobos & Deimos likely formed after a big inner moon crashed into the red planet.

Cat for their lives can have more than 100 kittens.

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The two-star Arbez Hotel straddles the border between France and Switzerland meaning that it has both a French and a Swiss address.

On the French side, the Arbez is on the Rue de la Frontera in La Cure while on the Swiss side, it’s on the Route de France in Cure.

You could even sleep with your head in one country and your feet in the other, according to Conde Nast Traveller.

The hotel’s restaurant also takes advantage of its borderline location by serving both French and Swiss fare.

You can pick from a menu that serves Swiss fondue or French foie gras, for example.