This image of Rhea, the largest airless satellite of Saturn, was acquired by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on November 11, 1980. https://t.co/qV4cdC98iu
Life tip: if you’re storing an old phone, remove the passcode first and make sure to charge the battery between 40% and 60% before turning it off.
Map of the internet in 1969 https://t.co/ot3llHrPk3
Drops on penny experiment: water vs alcohol.
The water molecules have much more cohesion than alcohol molecules, because they grab onto one another through hydrogen bonds. https://t.co/7bKrXvkZFQ
If you need to multiply 1034482758620689655172413793 by 3, all you need to do is bring the last digit to the front.
1034482758620689655172413793 x 3 = 3103448275862068965517241379
High-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 12 space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a huge crawler-transporter. Apollo 12 is scheduled as the second lunar landing mission.
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Mathematics and Logic Symbols ✍️
Quantifiers and Sets:
∀ - For all (universal quantifier)
∃ - There exists (existential quantifier)
∈ - Element of
∉ - Not element of
⊂ - Subset of
⊆ - Subset or equal
⊇ - Superset or equal
⊄ - Not a subset of
∪ - Union
∩ - Intersection
∪̸ - Not a subset
∅ - Empty set
∖ - Set difference
Logical Operators:
⇒ - Implies
⇔ - If and only if (equivalence)
∧ - Logical AND
∨ - Logical OR
¬ - Negation
⊤ - True
⊥ - False
⊕ - Exclusive OR (XOR)
→ - Conditional implication
≡ - Equivalent
Numbers and Constants:
ℕ - Set of natural numbers
ℤ - Set of integers
ℚ - Set of rational numbers
ℝ - Set of real numbers
ℂ - Set of complex numbers
∞ - Infinity
π - Pi
e - Euler’s number
Operations and Relations:
∑ - Summation
∏ - Product
√ - Square root
|x| - Absolute value of x
Δ - Change/difference
∇ - Gradient
⊗ - Tensor product
≤ - Less than or equal to
≥ - Greater than or equal to
≠ - Not equal to
≈ - Approximately equal
∝ - Proportional to
Geometric Symbols:
∡ - Angle
⊥ - Perpendicular
∥ - Parallel
Reasoning and Statements:
∴ - Therefore
∵ - Because
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Universally speaking, wood is way more rare than diamonds.
If the sun vanishes, we won’t know it for 8 minutes.
Nikola Tesla, had all of his possessions and files confiscated by the U.S. Government after his death, what happened to them?
Just before he died, Tesla appears to have been working on some form of teleforce weapon. The famous so-called "Death Ray."
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It is impossible to copy, scan, or Photoshop currency on most modern equipment. Modern copiers and scanners, as well as image processing programs, can identify patterns on the notes and will cease processing the image.
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Protective nail guide https://t.co/17uiTxaPzm
If you freeze a bottle of water, can you bring it through airport security?
Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a non-traditional form of precision machining that uses thermal energy instead of mechanical force to remove material from a workpiece. https://t.co/w1o1Z5oFrB
The American Gyro AG-4 Crusader, 1935. Number built: 1. https://t.co/RD3sSgmhCy
Always trust your calculators https://t.co/PGxAdXXYEn
How to socialize at work:
Monday: Ask how their weekend was
Tuesday: Hide
Wednesday: Hide
Thursday: Hide
Friday: Ask about their weekend plans
“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Life tip: Once you load your dishwasher, tap the spray arms to make them turn. This way you will notice if they would get stuck, compromishing the washing result.
Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think