frosty99c@midwest.socialtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The Refugee Olympic Team wins its first-ever medal, thanks to boxer Cindy NgambaEnglish
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1 month agoThe original draft probably said “nearly a 300% increase” and then the editor didn’t know the difference between percent increase and basic multiplication.
I mean, it’s pretty well documented how awful Christopher Columbus was. Even in the context of the time period: he was arrested in the new world and shipped back to Spain for a trial because he was so ruthless in his treatment of the native peoples. The myths about him being a ‘great man’ are all only like 100 years old.