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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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peopledidn't really have the time or the interest to ponder on whether the earth was flat. Your average peasant's world was bounded by his master's land, the concept of oceans and foreign countries was pretty much meaningless to them let alone whether the world was flat
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:40,
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the people who did think about it didn't think it was flat either(
Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:41,
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Yeahthat's true. The Greeks knew it
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 13:43,
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as did Arab astronomers of the same period.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 15:29,
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