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Blaze@reddthat.com to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago

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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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

Blaze@reddthat.com to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year ago
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Why is Earth called 'Earth'?
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It's our home planet. But have you ever wondered why it's called Earth? To understand our planet's name, we need to look at our language.
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    I believe that it was a whale at free fall, falling along side a bowl of petunias

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      One of my favorite lines comes from those books.

      “The ships hung in the sky much in the way that bricks don’t.”

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        Yeah! Its right in the start! After that you get kind of used to them but they are still there! brilliant wordplay!

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      Oh no, not again.

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