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    The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

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    The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago
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      Not accurate. They were taken by Astronesians during their seaborne migrations.

      Read more here

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        It also plays a central role in the Coconut Religion founded in 1963 in Vietnam.

        follows the Coconut Religion link

        The Coconut Religion was founded in 1963 by Vietnamese mystic and scholar Nguyễn Thành Nam,[1] also known as the Coconut Monk,[2][3] His Coconutship,[4] Prophet of Concord,[4] and Uncle Hai[4] (1909 – 1990[5]).

        Oh, come the fuck on, now

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          Coconutship

          Definitely a sex cult.

          • A7thStone@lemmy.world
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            Repressed memory unlocked.

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              Please, no! Coconuts don’t fit up there!

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                Not with that kind of attitude.

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        I was wondering how the heck coconuts journeyed around the southern passages for what would have been probably years on ocean currents and arrive in the caribbean still viable for growth.

        Or carried by a sparrow.

        Not really gonna happen.

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          Is that an African or a European sparrow?

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            Neither, it’s a Swallow. Still unclear if it’s African or European though

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              A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.

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          They took the Panama Canal, obviously.

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          A swallow could grip it by the husk

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        Read more here

        Lol, I need to start doing that

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        So, aliens did it. I knew it.

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