lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallymessage-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down111
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So reallylnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoYeah, fucking stupid Romans and their propensity for naming planets after the literal gods they believed in. What?
Yeah, fucking stupid Romans and their propensity for naming planets after the literal gods they believed in.
What?