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You can literally just see where any ship in the world is (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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I'm sure this is not a new thing, but I just found out about it, and I think it's pretty neat!

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[โ€“] deus@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're probably Dutch. Schip is Dutch for ship.

[โ€“] theangryseal@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Oh ok. Makes sense.