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“They thought the earth was flat”
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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Send a boat out to sea and the hull disappears from sight before the sails. At the very least they knew it was curved.
(A 16^th^ century illustration in a 13^th^ century book.)
Proof Australia is upside down?
Source?
Johannes de Sacrobosco, De Sphæra Mundi
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Dome earth >:(