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How Magellan's crew lost a day
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Circumnavigating the planet historically resulted in absolute existential confusion. When the survivors of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition finally returned to port, their meticulously maintained ship logs were inexplicably one day behind the local calendar. They inadvertently proved that continuously chasing the sunset mathematically deletes twenty-four hours from your perception of reality.
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