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World Elephant stands under the earth for stability

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Because a single giant turtle clearly wasn't structurally sound enough on its own, some myths logically added massive pachyderms standing on the shell to carefully balance the enormous, crushing weight of our mountains and oceans.

World Elephant stands under the earth for stability
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