kvartsdan@lemmynsfw.comtoToday I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•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.
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5 months agoWe don’t know who named most things, so that is hardly surprising. We typically only know who named recent phenomena.
Slightly off topic, but as lemmy is so low volume, pretty often the same image shows up in the feed 3-4 times next to each other from someone crossposting to multiple communities. I would suggest that crossposting be limited as much as possible for that reason. As the post volume still is so small there’s not much reason to even go to a topical community. I just check local once in a while and even then I quickly get down to already seen material so the chance of not seeing a post is pretty low unless it is a community I’ve blocked, but then odds are I won’t like it anyway.
Just my opinion, of course. Thoughts?