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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As some of you may know, Sonic can’t swim, and the reason why is rather peculiar. Yuji Naka – one of the game’s original programmers – simply assumed that hedgehogs couldn’t swim, so he wasn’t about to let Sonic do it either. Essentially they were cool with him running at the speed of light but swimming was out of the question. Rather embarrassingly, it turns out that hedgehogs are rather excellent swimmers. Woops.
Chess is believed to have originated in the Gupta Empire in Eastern India. 1700-1873 is known as 'the Romantic Era in Chess', as players played more for art than for any kind of expression of logic.
While filming ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Nicole Kidman fractured her rib. She broke it a second time while trying to fit into a corset. She also tumbled down a flight of stairs and had to subsequently film parts of the move in a wheelchair. Her injuries reportedly cost her the lead role in ‘Panic Room’
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As some of you may know, Sonic can’t swim, and the reason why is rather peculiar. Yuji Naka – one of the game’s original programmers – simply assumed that hedgehogs couldn’t swim, so he wasn’t about to let Sonic do it either. Essentially they were cool with him running at the speed of light but swimming was out of the question. Rather embarrassingly, it turns out that hedgehogs are rather excellent swimmers. Woops.
Chess is believed to have originated in the Gupta Empire in Eastern India. 1700-1873 is known as 'the Romantic Era in Chess', as players played more for art than for any kind of expression of logic.
While filming ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Nicole Kidman fractured her rib. She broke it a second time while trying to fit into a corset. She also tumbled down a flight of stairs and had to subsequently film parts of the move in a wheelchair. Her injuries reportedly cost her the lead role in ‘Panic Room’
Here’s looking at you, ostrich kid! Those lashes! Those eyes! Not only are the world’s biggest bird’s visual organs quite pretty to behold, but each eye is also actually bigger than the ostrich’s brain! An ostrich egg, on the other hand, has as much volume as two dozen chicken eggs.
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