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		knee-cartilage on March 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth may have been a 'water world' 3B years ago, ... Pretty much all of the significant early civilizations appeared around large rivers (I guess a good source of water and nutrient rich soil is necessary for a large civilization) seems reasonable that a major flood would have to happen at each of those places eventually thus becoming their flood myth?

scotty79 on March 3, 2020 [–]

Also sky looks like it's all made of water and some water often falls from it. Dry land therefore must be exception made by gods for us.

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