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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2017-12-03 03:39 pm

[ SECRET POST #3987 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3987 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Yuri on Ice]


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[Book Series: The Temeraire Novels by Naomi Novik]


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[Orphan Black]


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[South Park]


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[Stranger Things]


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[Smallville]


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[Iron Fist, Joy/Danny]














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Re: What fake facts did you believe?

[personal profile] cbrachyrhynchos 2017-12-04 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
True, but the court of Portugal probably didn't know about the Americas when they denied Columbus funding, the court of Spain may have had reports of a landmass in the North Atlantic from another source.

Skepticism regarding Columbus's claims was entirely due to the fact that he thought the Earth was half its size. Educated men and women in Europe knew the Earth was round, they knew it's approximate size, they knew how many days it took to reach China the "long" ways, and they knew Columbus's ships were not capable of traveling that distance without resupply.
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Re: What fake facts did you believe?

[personal profile] mimi_sardinia 2017-12-04 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That is interesting information. I do believe people in those times knew more than modern folk often attribute to them because there were plenty of very good scientists and mathematicians who were the builders of the fields.