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Enslaved African mental prodigy Thomas Fuller, the "Virginia Calculator" famously out-calculated standard arithmetic tools in 1780 by factoring leap years into a 70-year-old's age in seconds right on… (lemmy.world)
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Full title: Enslaved African mental prodigy Thomas Fuller, the "Virginia Calculator" famously out-calculated standard arithmetic tools in 1780 by factoring leap years into a 70-year-old's age in seconds right on the spot.

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