r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Dexter_Naman • 1d ago

Rare Devil Sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/Jibber_Fight 1d ago

I always think of how utterly terrifying a total eclipse would’ve been for primitive people. No wonder religion was invented.

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u/3rdShiftSecurity 1d ago edited 14h ago

Isn't that how Columbus got the natives to cooperate?

Something like they didn't want to resupply or help him. So he said his God is better than their God and if they don't help him his God would take the sun away. He told them that because he knew there would be a solar eclipse soon so he gave them that long to comply.

So the eclipse happens natives, lose their shit rightfully so, and give him whatever he wanted.

Or something like that.

Edit: found the source. https://youtube.com/shorts/5cXdIx98LsU?si=j5BZSZGODt6GeHKf

Joe Rogan podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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u/EastofGaston 1d ago

And to think they closed the department of education.

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u/3rdShiftSecurity 1d ago

I'm a 40 yr old man. Graduation Class of 03. Public High School educated in that very same Dept of Education. So they were right to do it? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/EastofGaston 1d ago

05’ represent! Who knows at this point.

But yeah, I saw an eclipse last year. It was so beautiful.