Mighty Atlas killed the dragon and then picked the fruit. A plane that passes through the middle of the earth cuts the surface in a great circle. The great circle is thus the true circumference of the earth. A great circle through any two points on the earth's surface is the shortest distance between those points. At a certain small college, independence of thought is encouraged above all else.
Students often gather in small groups for discussions on every imaginable topic.
Textbooks are not used in courses although the library facilities are excellent. Combustible materials must combine with oxygen and reach their kindling temperature before they will burn. Knowing this, one is able to prevent fires or to put them out either by cutting off the supply of oxygen or by bringing down the temperature below the kindling point. Among the earliest women to hold political power was Hatshepsut, who was the first woman pharoh in history. She reigned during the fifteenth century B.C. in Egypt.