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Why were some people in the past frightened by eclipses?

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In the past when people did not understand astronomy , when the sun was blotted out in an eclipse they thought that the world was coming to an end . simply because, the sun was being blacked out. Day would turn to night, without the knowledge we have now that would be very frighting

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