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Direct_Scarcity_2471 t1_izwl9dj wrote

A book that definitely makes you dumber is 1421: the year china discovered the world. Written by an arse hat of a clown. Totally fictitious but marketed as fair dinkum.

Well, maybe reading it will improve your critical thinking skills.

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GypsyV3nom t1_izxmquh wrote

Ugh, I remember this one. Thought it was pretty good at the time, until you realize that there's a lot of embellishment and poor logic that goes into the conclusions.

Plus, if any culture would have "discovered" the New World between Leif Erikson and Columbus, it would have been the Polynesians. They were cultivating the sweet potato as early as the 13th century, a crop that previously only existed in South America.

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