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On 11/28/09 04:59, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> There was a time when all of humanity honestly believed the world was
>> flat, and anybody who claimed it wasn't was *obviously* a lunatic.
>
> AFAIK that's an urban legend. "Popular history" so to speak.
That's an urban legend if you're looking at "recent history". It
wouldn't surprise me if 10,000 years ago everyone thought this. And if
not then, keep going further back in time...
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Marge: You liked Rashomon.
Homer: That's not how I remember it!
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