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MUSEUM TRIVIA: The Adler Planetarium, Chicago, became the first planetarium in the Americas in 1930. (See bottom of page for more trivia)

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MUSEUM TRIVIA: The W. J. McCallion Planetarium used a parachute for its first planetarium dome.
MUSEUM TRIVIA: The Tycho Brahe Planetarium had its foundation stone laid during a rare close conjunction of Mars and Uranus.
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