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Gr 2–5—Thomas Jefferson had an affinity for numbers. He measured anything that sparked his curiosity—the miles in an hour's walk, the weight of a cow, and temperatures of the land and sea. When a French natural history expert named Buffon criticized the natural resources of America and called the country "a terrible, miserable, cold, damp place where nothing good could grow," Jefferson was determined to prove him wrong. He measured different animals, including be...Log In or Sign Up to Read More