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Contradicting Columbus

  • October 14, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Today is Columbus Day. Contrary to popular belief, the experts who rejected Christopher Columbus’s plan — sailing west to reach the East Indies — didn’t believe the world was flat. They said he’d fail because they thought the world was bigger than he believed it was.

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