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Was Pythagoras a mathematical genius or the king of numerical hype?
Learning the Pythagorean theorem in school remains a critical milestone for students of geometry. It paves the way for studying higher math concepts found in trigonometry and calculus. What’s more, this formula represents the ultimate in mathematical elegance:
Its creator, Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-495 BCE), is remembered primarily for h →
The giant remains in his captor's museum to this day.
The Irish Giant
Born in 1761, Charles Byrne would grow to seven feet seven inches tall. The world at large knew him as the Irish Giant.
From a remote village in Ireland, Byrne’s family was not particularly tall. As their →
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A barber in the UK is proposing a beard tax in an effort to reduce the deficit.
Antony Kent’s Radical Solution
The UK, like a lot of countries, is facing a budget deficit. As any good citizen would, Antony Kent started thinking of ways to fix this problem, he has come across personal loans no credit check, and other type of loans. He plans to suggest to the British Chancellor of the Exchequer that the country impose a beard tax.
Under Kent’s beard tax, men with big, bushy, unruly beards would pay 1 →
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