stackyFACTSWe gave Mars the God of War and Venus the Goddess of Love, but completely dropped the ball on our own home. 'Earth' just stems from old Germanic and English words meaning 'dirt,' proving humanity has zero branding skills.
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NASA equipped the Voyager 1 space probe with a gold-plated audio-visual disc containing greetings in 55 languages, sounds of Earth, and a curated selection of…
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