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Things You Thought You Knew - Windows to the Universe

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The Legend of Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan was the first man to circumnavigate the globe. He did it in 80 days, but he didn't know there should be an international date line. A nobleman scribe kept track of who died on board because disease would go through the crew. The confusion laid bare the discovery of the need for an international dateline.

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