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But if I do then they’ll want to teach me maths 😭
(I am into it)
okaaay... So:
Euclid (guy from ~2500 years ago) wrote a book called "Elements" where he described how various geometrical figures could be constructed with using only circles and straightlines (and their intersections).
This is one example from that book: How to construct the equilateral triangle.
Faaaaaascinaating