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A druid, Muammar Gaddafi, and a horseshoe are all players in this genius memory hack.
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Pi Day offers something for the math-lover and baked-goods lover. What about the word lover? Here are some tips and tricks for memorizing the digits of pi with words.
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Earth may be the most precious place we have, but it isn't priceless. We know because one scientist did the math.
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Some of the world's greatest scientists have struggled with math—just like the rest of us.
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Dunder Mifflin employees aren't the only people curious about whether that now-iconic DVD logo ever really does hit the corner of the screen.
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The unusual fractional price you see at gas stations has roots in the Great Depression, but marketing is to blame, too.
Jake Rossen|
Once a simple patent clerk, Albert Einstein changed the world with his theories of special and general relativity.
Lucas Reilly|
Ever wonder why there are 5280 feet in a mile?
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Apple’ s iPad is a versatile computing device that has pretty much anything a user could ever want—except a standard calculator. Here’ s why.
Jake Rossen|
If the Golden Ratio is your metric, the most beautiful city in the world is in Italy.
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Numbers are hard.
Alvin Ward|
Fibonacci developed his theory based on rabbit population growth, but you'll find the golden ratio in everything from flowers to outer space.
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You don't need a ton of algebra knowledge to solve this math problem from MIT's 1876 entrance exam, but it helps.
Michele Debczak|
It's entirely possible the bee buzzing around in your yard is slightly better at math than you are.
Jake Rossen|
Adults are stumped. And they’re not happy about it.
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The last week of February is packed with palindromes, the most anticipated of which is 2/22/22, or "Twosday."
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From really expensive NFTs to newly discovered shipwrecks to the latest developments in the world of K-Pop, here are a few things we learned in 2021.
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Plug a measurement into the Omni Calculator's Weird Units Converter and it will tell you what it is in Empire State Buildings, spaghetti strands, blue whales, and more.
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If you grind your coffee beans too finely, you may not be getting the most out of the product, according to one study.
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