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carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

kinda, not really

arctic, from ancient greek ἀρκτικός did mean “of the bear” originally, probably as a reference to the constellation (cause i don’t think the ancient greeks ever went to the arctic to confirm if there were bears or not)

antarctica doesn’t mean “no bears”, it means “the opposite of the arctic”

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