Pigafetta was deeply religious, as were so many European explorers back then. He wanted to convert the world to not simply Christianity, but Catholicism specifically. If he's deeply religious, there could be a religious bias. We have to watch for that. But he's not going to have a Tuesday, Wednesday bias. No, exactly.
Is it possible to make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explore transparency, how we measure time on Earth, and how airplanes have changed.
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