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The Star Gauge
A fourth century Chinese poem, written as an array of 841 characters, whose four seven-character lines can be read forwards, backwards, up, down, or diagonally. There’s 2,848 possible poems there.
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The Star Gauge

A fourth century Chinese poem, written as an array of 841 characters, whose four seven-character lines can be read forwards, backwards, up, down, or diagonally. There’s 2,848 possible poems there.

(via Futility Closet)

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    Laura you have to read this to us one day.
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    this is brilliant! just don’t ask me to read it… =_= actually, i think it’s traditional. NEVERMIND, I CAN’T READ IT...
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