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178. Uranus

The Allusionist

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The Origins of Uranus

For a long time it was nameless, George is stark. Eventually the astronomer Johann Bode suggested naming this planet Uranus. The ancient Greek equivalent of Saturn's father, whose name was Oranos, and it got Latinized as Uranus. After 18 children, Gaia finally got terminally pissed off at Uranus. She made a sharp sickle out of Adamantine, and gave it to her sons, and asked them to go and castrate their father. Those poor kids, their mother, who is also their grandmother, asked them to maim their absentee father. This is a song for Uranus. And just name it after your boss, you sick of fan-tube.

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