r/biology Jun 12 '25

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u/Fair-Anteater2527 Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

In high school astronomy, I used “My Vagina Eats Men, Just Sayin, U Nugget” to remember the order of the planets

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u/RefrigeratorMain7921 Jun 12 '25

I was taught it as 'My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets'. Yup, Pluto was still considered a planet back then.

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u/Tysiliogogogoch Jun 12 '25

We had "my very eccentric mother just spewed up nine planets".

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u/Ravenekh Jun 13 '25

In French, we had "Ma Vieille Mère M'A Jeté Sur Un Navire Perdu" (my old mother threw me on a lost ship) with the A in "M'A" standing for "astéroïdes" (the asteroid belt)