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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There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
Some countries call each other names that to some might be terms of endearment, but to others might be offensive. The Australian’s referring to the English as ‘poms’ is a good example of this. You’ll often hear an Aussie call a Brit a pom, pommie or pom, usually in good humor. When the Australian Advertising Standards Board received complaints regarding the use of the term in TV ads, they investigated and ruled the term pom is not offensive. It’s origins are debated, but the best-documented theory relates it to the fruit ‘pomegranate’, it being a rhyming-slang for the word ‘immigrant’ and also the color the English turned when they spent too long beneath the Australian sun!
In its original form, the popular board game Scrabble was simply a bunch of tiles — there was no board in sight! It was also first called “Lexico,” but was later changed to the far more catchy name we now know.
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There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
Some countries call each other names that to some might be terms of endearment, but to others might be offensive. The Australian’s referring to the English as ‘poms’ is a good example of this. You’ll often hear an Aussie call a Brit a pom, pommie or pom, usually in good humor. When the Australian Advertising Standards Board received complaints regarding the use of the term in TV ads, they investigated and ruled the term pom is not offensive. It’s origins are debated, but the best-documented theory relates it to the fruit ‘pomegranate’, it being a rhyming-slang for the word ‘immigrant’ and also the color the English turned when they spent too long beneath the Australian sun!
In its original form, the popular board game Scrabble was simply a bunch of tiles — there was no board in sight! It was also first called “Lexico,” but was later changed to the far more catchy name we now know.
Sweden has two Halloween celebrations which are held to honor Catholic saints. They are big fans of the pumpkin and will carve very frightening faces on them to scare spirits away. The celebrations are called ‘Alla Helgons dag’ and ‘Allhelgonadagen’.
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