In the 3rd century BCE, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth to high precision.
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan
In the 3rd century BCE, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth to high precision.
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