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If you’re having trouble understanding the relative size of the planets in our solar system, a few fruits are here to help.
Space Stats is a handy infographic that represents each planet as a fruit. The result, Earth is a cherry tomato — while the biggest planet, Jupiter, is a cumbersome watermelon. Pluto, of course, was recently downgraded to a pit.
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Inspired by Gustav Holst’s The Planets, Bell’s Brewery brings us The Planet Series of Beers.
Using a planet to inspire each style of beer, the series ranges from a blonde ale to a black double IPA. But, couldn’t they have at least created a light beer for Pluto? And, do we really need to know what Uranus tastes like?
“Mars, The Bringer of War” – Double IPA
“Venus, The Bringer of Peace” – A Blonde Ale brewed with honey, apricot, vanilla and cardamom
“Mercury, The Winged Messenger” – A Belgian Single
“Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” – A malt forward Brown Ale
“Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age” – A Bourbon Barrel-aged Barleywine
“Uranus, The Magician” – Black Double IPA
“Neptune, The Mystic” – A beer inspired by Dr. Bell’s Medicinal Stout, one of Larry Bell’s homebrews that also helped inspire Eccentric Ale
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Whether you’d like to dine off of your native Earth, or get extraterrestrial for dinner, Planetary Plates should be on your table.
Forego the fancy china, and break out the fine planets for your next dinner party. Sure, your geeky science friends will probably fight over who gets Jupiter, or ask why there isn’t at least a Pluto saucer in the set. But the real fun will be waiting to see who gets to eat off Uranus.
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Pan Planets is a project that recreates a few well-known celestial bodies in ordinary skillets. Brought to us by Italian artists, Giuliano Antonio Lo Re and Matteo Gallinelli — the series uses water, ink, dust, coloring and creative lighting to transform the cookware.
Included in Pan Planets are Earth, Uranus, Mars, Jupiter, the sun and the moon. But a question… Is Uranus non-stick? Or, does Uranus stick? I bet it sticks. See more here.
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If you’re going to make an astronomically-correct planet cake, and have already catered to earthlings, a Jupiter Cake makes perfect sense. Brought to us by Cake Crumbs, the edible Jupiter does not only do the largest planet in our solar system justice on the outside — but has an accurate core, representing each of the planet’s gas layers.
What’s next in the planet series? We hope Uranus… We’d love to see Uranus, and wonder what Uranus would taste like. What? What’d I say?
