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The Scribe Who Counted Every Grain of Rice in China
Ming Dynasty China

The Scribe Who Counted Every Grain of Rice in China

In 1393, a government clerk named Liu Zhongfu attempted something no one had ever tried: counting everything in the Chinese Empire, down to the last grain of rice.

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