lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So really message-squaremessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down111
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWe mock the people that named Mars after the god of war because it looked like blood, calling them ignorant and superstitious. But Mars is red because of the iron content, and so is blood. So really lnklnx@piefed.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink