October 13, 2021 06:47 pm GMT
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A brief history of what we think mermaids might look like
Over Columbus Day weekend, I was reminded of that moron's historical horniness for manatees. According to his journals, he noticed three manatees near the Dominican Republic on January 9, 1493, and mistook them for mythical mermaids, remarking that they were "not half as beautiful as they are painted." — Read the rest
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