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Does Earth have two high-tide bulges on opposite sides? (2014)

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294 points imurray | 1 comments | 22 May 25 18:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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umanwizard ◴[22 May 25 20:08 UTC] No.44066303[source]▶
So, yet another thing I learned at school was bullshit. Pretty interesting to know!
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1. daveguy ◴[22 May 25 21:24 UTC] No.44067224[source]▶
Turns out teachers are people and general understanding evolves over time and not all at once.

Who would have guessed. Well, Laplace maybe.