Blaze@reddthat.com to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoTIL 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-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down129
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-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.comBlaze@reddthat.com to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarekvartsdan@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 month agoWe don’t know who named most things, so that is hardly surprising. We typically only know who named recent phenomena.
We don’t know who named most things, so that is hardly surprising. We typically only know who named recent phenomena.