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Urban Myths: Einstein Flunked Math

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Contrary to popular belief, Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics in school. The myth may have become popular when “Ripley’s Believe it or Not!”...
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Jiffy: A Measurement of Time

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The word Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time, as in “I’ll be back in a jiffy”. From this...
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The Value of One Billion

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The number one billion has different values depending on where you are in the world and is based on different number naming systems.  The long...
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Inventions: Kool-Aid

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Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. Perkins liked to experiment with home-made concoctions in his mother’s kitchen and came up with a liquid...
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The First Sculpture: The Venus of Willendorf

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The Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest images of the body made by humankind and is in the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum...
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Brain: The First Computer Virus

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Considered to be the first computer virus, Brain was released in its first form in January 1986.  The virus affected the IBM PC by...
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