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In the show “What We Do In The Shadows”, the character Nandor, who would have been born in southern Iran in 1262, claims to believe in the World Turtle. How likely is it that someone born at that time and place would believe the world existed on the back of a giant turtle?

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In the show “What We Do In The Shadows”, the character Nandor, who would have been born in southern Iran in 1262, claims to believe in the World Turtle. How likely is it that someone born at that time and place would believe the world existed on the back of a giant turtle?	492