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Re: ESE = Marathon?

Posted By: Forrest of B.org <forrest@bungie.org>
Date: 31 May 2001, 02:24

In Response To: ESE = Marathon? (NeutronBomb)

> I read somewhere, I think here that ESE is 22.5 degrees clockwise of 0
> degress on a compass. 22.5 is also the distance the fabled runner ran to
> tell Athens of the victory at the Battle of Marathon. Could the ESE Dial
> refer to Marathon?

No, because the distance was 26.2. Technically it was only 26, but some bloody British queen had the Marathon length extended by .2 miles so it would end in front of her house.

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