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Holy Shit - I will never think about Eli Whitney the same again...(Cotton Gin โ€”> Cott-engine) (lemmy.world)
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Cotton Gin โ€”> Cott-engine

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[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

So basically some racist dumbass heard "cotton 'gin" instead of "cotton engine", wrote down the former, and now we're stuck with the name for the rest of history?

Well.. fuck.

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