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How a 16th century pirate accidentally spawned a centuries-old math problem

<p>A question posed by Sir Walter Raleigh about cannonballs inadvertently led to a puzzle that mathematicians have been trying to solve for centuries</p>

Oct 27, 06:00 PM

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