Math can be downright interesting! For example, most mathematical equations were written in words before the 16th century! Could you imagine what that must have looked like?!
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The Alamo has quickly established itself as one of the top destinations in the South. The building, a symbol of the turning point of the Texas Revolution, was a Spanish Mission and was established nearly 300 years ago! It had one of the first hospitals in Texas and at one point in time, the city of San Antonio and the U.S. government claimed ownership of the building.
Have you ever heard of an electron microscope? These microscopes use electrons instead of light to create a magnified image. Invented in 1931 by German physicist Ernst Ruska, the first electron microscope was the transmission electronic microscope.
There are approximately 6,900 distinct languages in existence today, though there may be languages spoken in remote areas that we have yet to discover. No matter how many new languages we find, though, this number will be much lower in 100 years.
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The Alamo has quickly established itself as one of the top destinations in the South. The building, a symbol of the turning point of the Texas Revolution, was a Spanish Mission and was established nearly 300 years ago! It had one of the first hospitals in Texas and at one point in time, the city of San Antonio and the U.S. government claimed ownership of the building.
Have you ever heard of an electron microscope? These microscopes use electrons instead of light to create a magnified image. Invented in 1931 by German physicist Ernst Ruska, the first electron microscope was the transmission electronic microscope.
There are approximately 6,900 distinct languages in existence today, though there may be languages spoken in remote areas that we have yet to discover. No matter how many new languages we find, though, this number will be much lower in 100 years.
It is believed that a language, or a dialect, goes extinct every two weeks. There are more than 230 completely extinct languages and 2,400 of the world’s languages are considered to be in danger of going extinct. Chinese is the most spoken language in the world and has over 50,000 characters!
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