A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the…

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A millennium before Europeans were willing to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions. ✨ Cosmos. Book by Carl Sagan (p . 213 -214),
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