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" Eureka ! "
cried Archimedes while
running stark naked down the streets
of Syracuse to see King Herion, for
whom he managed the precious metals
fraud department.
Legend has it, that he didn't even take
the time to get dressed when leaving
the public baths: he had just discovered
how to confound forgers by using his
famous principle to calculate the density
of a material and thus establish its true
nature.
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