Long before there were any of today's methods of measuring, people in India measured distances by the sound of a cow's moo. One of the great injustices in the bloody French Revolution was the execution of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, the founder of modern chemistry. He was arrested on totally trumped-up charges and sentenced to the guillotine. But France's great scientist was not to die without recognition of his contribution to learning. So Lavoisier was awarded France's highest scientific award, the Wreath of Everlasting Flowers. The next day, they cut off his head. Believe it or not.
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