Happy Birthday, dear Earth. Now, who wants to buy 6,000 candles for the cake?

I kinda forgot to mention, but nonetheless: let us join in celebrating the fact that our planet has completed one more orbit around the Sun – its 6,012^th, to be precise. You see, we know that the Earth is exactly 6,012 years old, all thanks to the genius of 17^th-century Anglican Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh (now Northern Ireland), whose revolutionary, Bible-based calculations pinpointed the exact date of Earth’s (and the universe’s) Creation on October 23, 4004 B.C., at 9 AM sharp.

Several are already partying, such as PZ and Jen, so go ahead and join! (Jen’s even made delicious-looking, Asia-and-Antarctica-hating brownies for the occasion.)

… Dunno about you, but I’m saving my cheers for Earth Day. Seems more … I dunno … sane.

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