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TIL Saturn spins so quickly on its axis that the planet flattens itself out into an oblate spheroid. Seriously, you see this by eye when you look at a picture of Saturn; it looks like it was squished. It’s the rapid spinning that’s squishing it, making the equator bulge.

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