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[–] bran_buckler@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There’s a lot of references to this, but it looks like there’s not a known source. Interestingly, the first reference to this tablet was from 1908. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

So it's a fake story from 1908

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

It's annoying that they referenced several times the quote appeared since the early 1900s, but didn't take a single step to determine if such a thing was written down in a museum in Istanbul.