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		em-bee on March 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: With ships, birds find an easier way to travel there are more than 300000 ships traveling today: https://www.marinetraffic.com/ i don't think we ever had that many before than a few decades

mastax on March 18, 2023 [–]

It also seems likely that navigation is much more standardized. Ships follow more regular paths, so it may be easier to jump from ship to ship (at least compared to the 1700s or earlier).

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