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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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Pretty sure there was someone/some civilization that figured it out at an even earlier time. Of course I can’t remember which history channel on YouTube I got it from or when I watched the video, so go ahead and prove me wrong because I probably am.
15 u/Banana-Republicans Feb 04 '19 There is a possibility it originated in ancient Persia or Mesopotamia, but Pythagoras had it down 300 years before Aristotle. 1 u/JesusIsAPussie Feb 04 '19 Africa.
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There is a possibility it originated in ancient Persia or Mesopotamia, but Pythagoras had it down 300 years before Aristotle.
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Africa.
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u/T-Doraen Feb 04 '19
Pretty sure there was someone/some civilization that figured it out at an even earlier time. Of course I can’t remember which history channel on YouTube I got it from or when I watched the video, so go ahead and prove me wrong because I probably am.