He Had A Lot Of Trouble In Geometry, He Thought The Thing Opposite The Right Angle In A Right-angled Triangle Was A Hippopotamus.

He Had A Lot Of Trouble In Geometry, He Thought The Thing Opposite The Right Angle In A Right-angled Triangle Was A Hippopotamus.

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He had a lot of trouble in geometry, he thought the thing opposite
the right angle in a right-angled triangle was a hippopotamus.

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