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This is StarTalk, Cosmic Queries Edition.

I got Chuck Nice, my co-host, Chuck. Hey, Neil, what's happening?

Chuck, this is a grab bag.

It is indeed.

We used to call it the Cosmic Poperi.

We used to call it Cosmic Gumbo, which was my favorite.

Galactic, not Cosmic.

Galactic Gumbo, for us.

You got to get that alliteration um and uh but now we have a grab

bag which it makes me wonder where does that come from grab back you know it means just like an assortment

of pretty much miscellaneous items yeah yes the presence in the holiday season where you reach in and grab

and you don't know what you're getting is that really what it is? From Santa Claus, why wouldn't it be? Okay, cool. Yeah. Yeah, we called that Christmas. You've been in my office, I have a grab bag in there that's a black hole. Right. It actually says black hole on the side of the... It is. It says black hole. That's how you know it's a black hole.

It says it. Very nice. Very cool. That reminds me of completely off topic. But the discoverer of Pluto,

his name is Clyde Tomba. My boy lived deep into his 90s Because he wasn't letting go with Pluto

Any sooner than he had to

He was hoping that it would happen

He was trying to keep it

Yeah, on his deathbed, they told him

You did it, it's a planet

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