Being made of stars is only the beginning.
From this angle, your life can look really small and insignificant.
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And even here on Earth, it can feel like you and your identity are inconsequential.
But if you look closer at the facts, you'll see that your life was astonishingly, breathtakingly unlikely.
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For example, a man might produce as many as 525 billion sperm cells over a lifetime, but only a fraction will be viable. Yours was viable.
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