I think as we dig deeper we find that the ancient mariners are a lot older than we would be lead to believe.
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I've only been down this rabbit hole for the past year. And it is deep. A lot of this was figured out in the 1800s, but for some reason has never been taught in public/government schools. So I am taxed to pay for an education for my kids that was already disproven in the 1800s.