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		dfilppi on Nov 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for d... "The world is flat" was "settled science" for 100000 years.

mg794613 on Nov 8, 2020 [–]

Actually no. That was Christianity who tried for a short time. It was not true and it didn't catch on, except for the urban legend itself.

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