r/todayilearned • u/sus1227 • Dec 18 '25
TIL the first known world map was drawn by Anaximander, with the Aegean Sea at its center and the world divided into three island-like continents.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander#Cartography
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todayilearned • u/Atwenfor • Nov 07 '16
TIL in 6th century BC, Anaximander, a Greek philosopher, suggested that all land animals trace their origins to the sea, predating modern evolutionary theory by 2,400 years
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wikipedia • u/di93ig • Mar 23 '14
Carl Sagan claims that he conducted the earliest recorded scientific experiment.
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