• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Great, that’s what I thought. So why does nobody ever talk about him? Surely coconut crabs feasted on him too.

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        1 year ago

        Because she wasn’t. She was the first woman to fly Solo across the Atlantic. The fated flight would have seen her become the first woman to Fly around the world, no mention of being Solo.

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        Because people have bad memories and aren’t good at spotting precise language choices in the first place.