Fortuitous Encounter of the First Kind

The whole reason Columbus kept getting refused a sponsor was because informed sailors and others could tell Chris didn't really have the girth of the planet right. He had to find someone who didn't know the science.

His crew was near mutiny when they stumbled across the Western Hemisphere. Which was fortunate. If they hadn't hit land, they would've all died from starvation. They certainly could never have made India.

CC lived and died never really knowing he'd made the most fortuitous journey in history.

Sorry about the cultural conflict thing, a historic tragedy. However, every AmerIndian with a house, flush toilet, tv, cell, and car can thank Columbus today.

And if it hadn't been for Columbus's ignorance, we would not today have the amusement of differentiating "dot or feather?"

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