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minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoWait, so this boondoggle is a boondoggle? This headline reminds me of how confused I was by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: how can the ocean be deeper than the diameter of the Earth?
minus-squarebulwark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThe Nautilus traveled for 20,000 leagues under the surface of the ocean at various fathoms of depth. This is all expertly explained by the great Kelsey Grammer here.
minus-squareLyre@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoso like… were you still confused after you read it? or did you literally judge the book by its cover…
Wait, so this boondoggle is a boondoggle?
This headline reminds me of how confused I was by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: how can the ocean be deeper than the diameter of the Earth?
The Nautilus traveled for 20,000 leagues under the surface of the ocean at various fathoms of depth. This is all expertly explained by the great Kelsey Grammer here.
so like… were you still confused after you read it? or did you literally judge the book by its cover…