• Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Etymologists crying and shaking right now at the thought of Antarctica (meaning: without bears) gaining the one animal it’s not supposed to have

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      1 month ago

      I read that as entomologist for a second and was really confused

      Figured it had something to do with fleas

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      1 month ago

      This comment sent me down a rabbit hole. I had no idea the arctic is called that because it was the Greek for ‘of the bear’ because they used Ursa Major to guide them north. And the the arctic is the most northerly point.

      Fucking wild. Mind blown.

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        Wdf how are we just learning this?! Can’t they teach it with the continent names??