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TIL that we don’t know who named the Earth. Unlike other planets there are no records of how it got its name. The name Earth, and variations of it, date back 1000+ years. (www.skyatnightmagazine.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Its named after dirt.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Wait what? It dates back a thousand years? So what did people call the planet they lived on in 200 AD? Or 500 BC? Surely they had a word for it before then. Or did they feel they lived ON the universe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They lived on dirt. Thats it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Motherfucker... Stop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

First dude I’ve blocked on lemmy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm honoured

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