June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This Big --- Wired.com
wired.com — 240 B.C.: Greek astronomer, geographer, mathematician and librarian Eratosthenes calculates the Earth's circumference. His data was rough, but he wasn't far off.
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