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What stands out in my mind is some educational film (early 90s?) where Columbus sees a butterfly land on an orange, and it reminds him of a ship on a round Eart
by TillE 10y ago
What stands out in my mind is some educational film (early 90s?) where Columbus sees a butterfly land on an orange, and it reminds him of a ship on a round Earth.
It's a baffling myth that has been lazily propagated for a very long time. Would be interesting to figure out where it came from.