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that the Lost City of Atlantis was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea.

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Fun Fact: that the “Lost City of Atlantis” was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea.

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