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TIL:There is a rare celestial body in the universe called "interstellar visitors". These celestial bodies do not come from our solar system, but fly from other galaxies. So far, we have detected two interstellar visitors, 'Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2020.

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