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What popular quote are you tired of hearing? (lemmy.world)

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[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Columbus thought the world was pear shaped. Meaning it was viable to get to India by going west. If the Americas didn't exist he would have died.

It was well known at the time that the world was round. The ancient Greeks had a very good calculation if the circumference of the earth.

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