The Earth is round, yo!

[dirtybrick]

We all know the story of Columbus, that when he set forth on his voyage landing him in the Americas, everyone thought he was going to fall off the edge of the earth. Or was it Magellan that was going to fall off the planet? Anyways, the truth we know about the Middle Ages is that everyone was an idiot and believed the earth was flat. Man, were

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[canyonisfamous]

Howard Zinn talks about this in the first chapter of 'A People's History of the United States'. Columbus was also, aside from a racist and a slaver, pretty much a slime ball, although Zinn does admit he was a decent navigator.