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Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras(www.iflscience.com)

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Klear@lemmy.world
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I knew Pythagoras was smart but I never knew he invented time travel. So cool!

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Pronell@lemmy.world
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I took the opposite tack.

You ain’t shit, Pythagoras! You just wrote it down, you didn’t figure it out, you absolute fucking fraud. We’re taking your immortality back!

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IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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Quick! Change all the textbooks to “clay tablet theorem”!

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maniii@lemmy.world
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Why not call it the Summerian Theorem ? Or Arabic/Persian/Philistine Triangulation Theorem ?

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Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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And he invented plagiarism too!

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acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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nah he probably stole that as well.

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MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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Poor poor Plagiar, everything he invented people stole and took credit for.

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