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In the musical Hamilton, in the song on Jefferson returning to the USA, they mention that the Earth spins and sun rises as a constant throughout all time and changes in society. Would this fact be common knowledge to people in the 1780s in European areas and their colonies/ex-colonies?

by /u/Awesomeuser90 in /r/AskHistorians

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