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read this old article from the nytimes about a possible chinese discovery of america

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melshocker - 7/2/09, 5:35 pm
look for the sentence "The...subject has not been thought very attractive in our time, since it suggests the discovery of our ground by one of the pig-tailed Chinamen.

3/21/1875
DeadMen - 7/2/09, 5:38 pm
"Chinamen" isn't really the correct nomenclature.
grandmapucker - 7/2/09, 5:39 pm
They discovered america, and they pee on our fucking rug?
melshocker - 7/2/09, 5:42 pm
I'll remember to mention that the next time I'm in 1875
DeadMen - 7/2/09, 5:43 pm
they probably won't listen, what with opium and all.
FidelCastro - 7/2/09, 8:30 pm
there's a book on this called 1421: the year china discovered america

it's a valid hypothesis
but this story is a decade old at least. and the book has alot of holes alongside a few pretty solid pieces of evidence
melshocker - 7/2/09, 8:33 pm
seeing as how this article's from 1875 I'd say you're right that it's a decade old at least
FidelCastro - 7/2/09, 8:40 pm
oh i didn't notice the 1875

interesting then!
FidelCastro - 7/2/09, 8:40 pm
oh i didn't notice the 1875

interesting then!
djd - 7/2/09, 8:46 pm
I tried to read Virginia Woolf's obit in the Times of London, and though I couldn't without paying a fee the system did show me where it ran on the page. SO cool.
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