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  1. Scribus Scribus

    Watched this documentary on "deep time" and human history last night. It was all like, "Columbus set sail because 5 billion years ago a planetoid hit proto-Earth, causing the axial tilt which resulted in the weather patterns which led to spices growing in India. Meanwhile, the Portuguese got rich off of a dying star 7 billion years ago, which resulted in a silver deposit in modern-day Mexico..."

    Wednesday, 13-Jan-21 20:41:07 UTC from web
    1. adiwan adiwan

      @scribus And then the Saudis got rich because a bunch of dinosaurs and old plants decided to rot below the earth and turn into a slimey liquid.

      Wednesday, 13-Jan-21 21:15:34 UTC from web
      1. Scribus Scribus

        @adiwan Pretty much, yup

        Wednesday, 13-Jan-21 21:25:59 UTC from web