Thales' Prediction of the 585 Eclipse

I'm curious if you're somebody out there with a good basis in astronomy and physics, what do you think is the most plausible scenario by which Thales could have truly predicted the 585 eclipse? If the story is true, if he actually made the prediction, and it was not just a lucky guess, but actually justified true belief that he had a warrant for believing that. I'd forgotten about the fava lupins consumption. Oh, Deogenes the cynic. Yeah. Living in a jar with some dogs eating fava beans or not favaLupins. Yes. The stylite tradition on our on our show before I can't remember. Is it ever come