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✓ Published: 22-Nov-2010
✓ Published: 22-Nov-2010
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Try as you might, you can't walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the Sun or a star. You might think you're walking straight, but as NPR's Robert Krulwich reports, a map of your route would reveal you are doomed to walk in circles.nnSubscribe to NPR on YouTube: youtube.com/nprnFollow NPR elsewhere, too:n• Twitter: twitter.com/nprn• Facebook: facebook.com/NPRn• Instagram: instagram.com/npr/n• Tumblr: npr.tumblr.com/n• Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/nprn nABOUT NPRnNPR
Try as you might, you can't walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the Sun or a star. You might think you're walking straight, but as NPR's Robert Krulwich reports, a map of your route would reveal you are doomed to walk in circles.nnSubscribe to NPR on YouTube: youtube.com/nprnFollow NPR elsewhere, too:n• Twitter: twitter.com/nprn• Facebook: facebook.com/NPRn• Instagram: instagram.com/npr/n• Tumblr: npr.tumblr.com/n• Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/nprn nABOUT NPRnNPR
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