: Nifty article.
: -- Steve's wondering if he should change is online alias to
: "Pheidippides" now.
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"A team from Texas State University argues from the evidence of the lunar cycle that the date for the battle of Marathon should be August 12, 490BC"
12, 490. 1+2=3, 3+4=7 (!)7+9+0=16, 1+6=7 (!!!) ;-)
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"The Olympic marathon in Athens will be run on August 29, and will start at 6pm to avoid the heat of the day.
A full moon is expected to rise that evening at about the time the runners reach the finishing line."
Cool!