1. Thought the Milky Way is the only galaxy
2. Thought the Milky Way is the center of the universe
3. Thought the Milky Way galaxy is just our solar system
4. Thought the Milky Way is smaller than it actually is
5. Thought the Milky Way is shrinking
6. Thought the Milky Way is largest galaxy
7. Thought the Milky Way is stationary
8. Thought the Milky Way is just composed of stars -- no gas and dust
9. Thought the Milky Way is mostly gas and dust
10. Thought the Milky Way is just an area of rocks, not stars
11. Thought the Milky Way is just the band of light across the sky, not a galaxy
12. Thought all the light we see of the Milky Way is from stars
13. Thought the Milky Way has fewer stars than it actually has
14. Thought we see all stars in the Milky Way
15. Thought the Milky Way galaxy is spherical
16. Thought the Milky Way has no overall shape
17. Thought the Milky Way has only two spiral arms
18. Thought the Milky Way band across the sky was caused by an explosion
19. Thought the Big Bang only described the creation of the Milky Way
20. Thought the Milky Way is a solid body
21. Thought the outer limits of the Milky Way are the tips of its spiral arms
22. Thought the dark regions in the Milky Way are devoid of stars
23. Thought the Milky Way spans the Universe
24. Thought we cannot see the Milky Way since we are in it
25. Thought the Milky Way has only a small number of stars
26. Thought the Milky Way is just a cluster of stars
27. Thought the Milky Way is a galaxy different from our own
28. Thought the Milky Way Galaxy was named for the candy bar
29. Thought most of the stars in the Universe are in the Milky Way
30. Thought the Milky Was is band shaped
31. Thought the center of the Milky Way is just a really big star
32. Thought the Milky Way is bigger than the universe
33. Thought we knew nothing about the size of the Milky Way
34. Thought the Milky Way has no nucleus
35. Thought the light of the Milky Way is shining from heaven
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