Carl Sagan on ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes
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2. Judge-Jake commented 10 years ago
#1 Turns out he did. Just imagine walking in a straight line for 497 miles and using that measurement to give a near perfect figure of 7% of the entire earth. Incredible feet and feat.
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4. beerholder commented 10 years ago
Imagine measuring 800 km by counting your steps and going
796332
796333
79633-hey steve
7963...darn it, better start again.
796332
796333
79633-hey steve
7963...darn it, better start again.
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6. BangkokJarek commented 10 years ago
he was lucky there were no christians back then or he'd get tortured and then burned to death
+6 1. dopkop commented 10 years ago