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Fall Issue, 2019
Juries in Ancient Greek city-states
were made up of 500 citizens. They
voted without discussion (imagine
that!) and the majority won.
They created the yo-yo! The yo-yo is
one of the oldest toys in the world
and is still a popular toy in today’s
Geometry was discovered by a
Greek mathematician. When you
solve your next proof, make sure to
thank Euclid for his super fun math.
discovery
At the age of seven, boys in Athens
would go to school. In contrast, boys in
Sparta started military training.
Imagine starting training to fight in first
grade!
According to myth, the reason why
Athens is named after Athena and
not Poseidon is because Poseidon
gave the Athenians a spring that was
too salty, which was no match for
Athena's olive tree!
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