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It's a gorgeous ball, covered with Waterford Crystal triangles, shaped as a geodesic icosahedron. Every New Year's Eve it descends in Times Square to mark the...
When Columbus landed in Guanahani (renamed San Salvador, Bahama Islands by Columbus), he began the European settlement of the New World. Guanahani was inhabited by the
Taíno people and...
Updated for 2023!
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 06:50 UTC (2:50 am EST),
will be the Autumnal Equinox. It is the time of year when an imaginary plane would pass through both the Earth...
In 2017, Old Dominion Freight Line offered 2 free tickets to the next 3 World Series to the person who guesses closest to "How many baseballs are in this truck?". Alas, the contest ended on Au...
An Einstein aperiodic tile has just been discovered. Find out what that means and why it is significant. Plus - play with the tiles. Do you want to tile your shower floor wi...
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Shamrocks in Ireland are actually 3-leafed white clover, trifolium repens. If you are lucky, you can sometimes find a four-leafed clover. How rare is finding a 4-leafed clover? How hard do you...
Updated and improved!
Is Daylight savings time helpful? How does it make you feel?
"Spring forward, fall back"
Early Sunday morning, March 12th at 2 am, we change our clo...