Channel: Vsauce2

Category: Education

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Description: The Egyptians didn't know the Pythagorean Theorem, but they figured out a way to make perfect 3-4-5 right triangles using segments of rope. It's so common sense, unsophisticated, and elegant that it's an example of a proof without words AND mathematical beauty. #shorts