# Interesting examples of "To put it in perspective" things

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-examples-of-to-put-it-in-perspective-things/957752 "2022-01-13T20:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-examples-of-to-put-it-in-perspective-things/957752/17 "2022-01-14T14:51:17Z")

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A few years ago, with the help of the Dope, I [crunched the numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-factoid-about-space-exploration/667829). If the Milky Way galaxy was shrunk down to the size of the Pacific Ocean, then the Voyager spacecraft, in its lifetime, would have traveled about nine inches.

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