Oldie, but a goodie. Come spend a couple minutes with Carl Sagan as he explains how Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the earth and that it truly was a sphere!
The pacing is a little slower than we're used to these days, but it's a relaxing five or so minutes. Rebel against the attention economy for a moment this Friday and indulge yourself.
That would explain the spinning, but why don't I hear these creatures doing things like sneezing?
Thunder, genius
Okay but what about all the weird elephant things they do with their trunk like self-fellatio and probing each other's butts? Erasthothenes never accounted for that.
Earthquakes ???