Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 23, 1997
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May 24, 1997
Transcript:
Michael Kearney learned to talk at the age of 4 months, entered high school at the age of 5, graduated at age 6, completed college at age 10, and now, at age 13, is in graduate school at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.! The herb barbanacea, which grows in Costa Rica, gives off 4 different odors at the same time! The Parthenon in Greece has no straight lines and contains no mortar!
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sparklite about 3 years ago
Wiki says:Despite appearances, there are few perfectly straight lines or right angles in the Parthenon. The observer sees the eight columns of the façade as a perfectly regular array, but this is achieved by deliberately introducing subtle distortions called “optical refinements”.