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Earth were only a few feet ..o888' .`:::::::: ::::::'.:::. `"888oo... in diameter. ...oo888""' .:::.`:::::: :::'.:::::::'.. `""8888oo:.... ....:oo88888""' ..`:::::::.`::: ' .:::::::'.::::: .. `"""88888MJittlov88888"""' .. ::::::.`:::::::. ` ::::::::'.:::::'.::::. :..... .... .... ....: .::::.`::::::.`:::::::: ::::::'.::::::'.::::: .::::: .:::: ::::. ::::. :::::.`:::::::.`:::::: ---- -------- ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ ------- -------- ---- // //////// /////// /////// |||||| |||||| \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\ /////// ////////aa%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%aa\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\ /// ///a@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@a\\\ \\\ ///a@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@a\\\ /////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@\\\\\ //////////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%\\\\\\\\\\\ /////////////////////@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@%\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW The above inscription is at the center of Wells Cathedral in Wells, England, and typeset within a two-foot circle. 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