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The Atlantropa Project, Part One: Saving Europe via Supercontinent

Ridiculous History

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The Supercontinent, a German Architect, Engineer, Polymat Pretty Genious Fellow

In the 19 thirties, a german architect, engineer, polymat pretty genious fellow named herman surgel came up with quite an plan that he thought would unite post world war one europe. In order to do this, he wanted to accomplish a feat of engineering, mad scientistry by draining the mediterranean sea,. Not fully, but like a good, good im gog crazy, he said, exactly Hado. But he wanted to lower it as much, lower the water level by as much as 650 feet, in order to create a brandn super continent called alat atlantropahewe at like a reverb or something on that.

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