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“They thought the earth was flat” (thelemmy.club)
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[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I thought it was just that he thought it was smaller than it is and he wanted to find another route to India by going west instead of east. Not that he wanted to prove that the earth is smaller.

[-] Klear@quokk.au 9 points 2 weeks ago

Eh, that's pretty much the same thing

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