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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Onomatopoeic words can result in some interesting translations. Popular breakfast cereal Rice Krispies slogan ‘snap, crackle and pop’ in German became ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ In France meanwhile its ‘Cric! Crac! Croc!’ and the Spanish say ‘Cris! Cras! Cros!’. Which one is your favorite?
If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions. English DJ Stuart Maconie, came up with the urban myth that David Bowie had created Connect Four…
When “Never Say Never Again” was filmed, Sean Connery had a heated argument with his martial arts instructor. A fight ensued, and the instructor broke Connery’s wrist! Of course, no one has ever heard of him again. Just for the record: his name was Steven Seagal. Probably not worth remembering...
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Onomatopoeic words can result in some interesting translations. Popular breakfast cereal Rice Krispies slogan ‘snap, crackle and pop’ in German became ‘Knisper! Knasper! Knusper!’ In France meanwhile its ‘Cric! Crac! Croc!’ and the Spanish say ‘Cris! Cras! Cros!’. Which one is your favorite?
If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions. English DJ Stuart Maconie, came up with the urban myth that David Bowie had created Connect Four…
When “Never Say Never Again” was filmed, Sean Connery had a heated argument with his martial arts instructor. A fight ensued, and the instructor broke Connery’s wrist! Of course, no one has ever heard of him again. Just for the record: his name was Steven Seagal. Probably not worth remembering...
Believe it or not, the first pioneer on the Las Vegas club scene was a woman. Her name was Mayme Stocker and she opened the Northern Club in the 1920.