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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3360438, member: 39084"]The brilliant Greek mathematician, Eratosthenes of Cyrene, first calculated (with surprising accuracy) the circumference of the earth around 240 BC (?) or so:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, humanity has been getting dumber since that time, as can be conclusively proved by the observation that Adam Sandler can make a living doing movies. ;-)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 3360438, member: 39084"]The brilliant Greek mathematician, Eratosthenes of Cyrene, first calculated (with surprising accuracy) the circumference of the earth around 240 BC (?) or so: [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes[/url] Apparently, humanity has been getting dumber since that time, as can be conclusively proved by the observation that Adam Sandler can make a living doing movies. ;-)[/QUOTE]
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