https://xkcd.com/2865

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The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his ‘brick moon’ proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      That’s what I came in here to know about. Like, wasn’t it wood? Didn’t it do a great job?

    • WalrusDragonOnABike
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      1 year ago

      The Trojan horse wasn’t made of Trojans, like the Spruce Goose wasn’t made of Spruce. Nor was it made by Trojans nor filled with Trojans.
      The name is misleading.

    • Decoy321
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      61 year ago

      Usually horses aren’t giant, nor are they made out of wood and Greeks.