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Reminds me of how Tintin predicted a 1948 eclipse and avoided being burned at the stake by a hidden tribe of Incas.
by pavlov 2y ago
Reminds me of how Tintin predicted a 1948 eclipse and avoided being burned at the stake by a hidden tribe of Incas.
- gassius 2y agoThe story has beed reused many times in Arts. One more example is in A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court from Mark Twain (1890) and I am sure is many more examples
- _xnmw 2y agoAnd now we know that the Incas had a sophisticated understanding of astronomy and detailed astronomical records and observatories. It is highly unlikely that trick would've worked on them, they would've probably predicted the eclipse themselves.