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England Finds Matthew Flinders -- First Circumnavigator of Australia -- in a London Train Station

posted by martyb on Saturday January 26 2019, @07:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the We-will-find-you,-mate-dept dept.

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Just when you think visiting Australia can't be any stranger, the Brits turn up a new one by discovering the resting place of the first person to circumnavigate Australia while renovating a train station. Remember, kids, always use lead for your coffin plate so if you are lost for a few centuries, people who find you will know who you are.

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:16PM (1 child)

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Saturday January 26 2019, @01:16PM (#792273) Journal

    From TFA:

    “We’ll now be able to study his skeleton to see whether life at sea left its mark and what more we can learn about him.”

    Can't they just leave him alone? They knock down his tombstone, lose his remains, build a train station over him, and now they're going to rummage through his bones to see if they can find out some random facts about seafaring life?

    "Rest in peace" definitely not happening for this dude.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday January 26 2019, @02:31PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 26 2019, @02:31PM (#792293) Journal

    If he had wanted peace, he would have been buried at sea, with Davey Jones and all the peaceful mermaids.

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    We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.