• davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Wait, so this boondoggle is a boondoggle? surprised-pika-messed-up

    This headline reminds me of how confused I was by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: how can the ocean be deeper than the diameter of the Earth?

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      6 months ago

      The Nautilus traveled for 20,000 leagues under the surface of the ocean at various fathoms of depth. This is all expertly explained by the great Kelsey Grammer here.

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      6 months ago

      so like… were you still confused after you read it? or did you literally judge the book by its cover…