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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

I always wondered where the crazy idea that people once believed that the Earth was flat came from.

So, looks like it comes from a single prolific academic that mixed fiction and history, describing people just about a century before him, and that everybody took for gospel. A famous book said "hey, everybody on your grandpa generation believed this", and it became common knowledge!

I'm not sure I'm even surprised by something like this.

[-] 768@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

sounds like a meme that aged like milk

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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