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.comexternal-link Blaze ( @Blaze@reddthat.com ) Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months ago message-square29fedilinkarrow-up1155
arrow-up1155external-linkTIL 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 ( @Blaze@reddthat.com ) Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months ago message-square29fedilink
minus-square meseek #2982 ( @ultratiem@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•4 months agoWait what? It dates back a thousand years? So what did people call the planet they lived on in 200 AD? Or 500 BC? Surely they had a word for it before then. Or did they feel they lived ON the universe?
minus-square Steve ( @Steve@startrek.website ) linkfedilink5•4 months agoThey lived on dirt. Thats it.
minus-square Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoMotherfucker… Stop
minus-square meseek #2982 ( @ultratiem@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•4 months agoFirst dude I’ve blocked on lemmy
Wait what? It dates back a thousand years? So what did people call the planet they lived on in 200 AD? Or 500 BC? Surely they had a word for it before then. Or did they feel they lived ON the universe?
They lived on dirt. Thats it.
Motherfucker… Stop
First dude I’ve blocked on lemmy
I’m honoured