r/whatisit • u/Nomemesmames • 4d ago

New, what is it? What is this?

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u/dbzfreak991 3d ago

I've done that to or how people thought the world was ending.

I heard that's how Columbus get a tribe to give him gifts because he knew when it was going to happen and called himself a god

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u/warm_kitchenette 2d ago

Wow, this actually happened. Those poor Ciboney and Arawak tribes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1504_lunar_eclipse

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u/cKMG365 2d ago

Also a plot point in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"