@ooli to Today I LearnedEnglish • 11 months agoTIL about Babylonian astronomy - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up192arrow-down13
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-211 months agoIt really is staggering how many different civilizations millennia ago predicted the existence of a certain ‘Edmond Halley’ at some point in the distant future, and how they knew to name that exact comet after him.
It really is staggering how many different civilizations millennia ago predicted the existence of a certain ‘Edmond Halley’ at some point in the distant future, and how they knew to name that exact comet after him.