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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    This_far wrote: »
    Ligers and Tigons and Pizzlies, oh my.

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  • J_NY_Z
    J_NY_Z Posts: 2,535 Member
    The sun consumes about 4 million tons of material per second as it burns.
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    Martin Van Buren spoke Dutch at home and with his family in the White House. He only learned English at school. There were still people speaking ' Jersey Dutch ' around Ramapo and Northern New Jersey in the early 1900s.
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    In 2018 Polish was the second most spoken language in Ireland, moving Irish into third place. On a bit of a language kick
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    Ido, also called reformed Esperanto has about 200 speakers world wide. It's a constructed language, designed to be easy to learn. Looks like about 200 people agree
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    2,520 is the smallest number that can be evenly divided by all the numbers 1 to 10.
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    2,520 is the smallest number that can be evenly divided by all the numbers 1 to 10.

    Met a person once who would search for prime numbers. Crazy.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    This_far wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    2,520 is the smallest number that can be evenly divided by all the numbers 1 to 10.

    Met a person once who would search for prime numbers. Crazy.

    There are actually many people that search for large prime numbers.
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    This_far wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    2,520 is the smallest number that can be evenly divided by all the numbers 1 to 10.

    Met a person once who would search for prime numbers. Crazy.

    There are actually many people that search for large prime numbers.

    Yep, lots of crazies out there
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    You can’t write the digits of pi backwards.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    You can’t write the digits of pi backwards.

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    Huzzah!

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    JustReadTheInstructions wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    You can’t write the digits of pi backwards.

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    Huzzah!

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    I knew what you meant 😁

    I know you knew. That's why Justin Timberlake is judging you. :D
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    The Mets uniform colors are Dodger Blue and Giants Orange. The pinstripes are also an homage to the cross town Yankees.
  • This_far
    This_far Posts: 536 Member
    See these in Central Park and scattered around other New York City parks. It's a ' Step Up' for getting into and out of your saddle. This one is appropriately along the Bridle path
  • kevinflemming1982
    kevinflemming1982 Posts: 158 Member
    60% of the time, it works every time.
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,770 Member
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Considering that there are dogs that have jobs (Police dog, Guide dog etc.) There are a lot of dogs that are unemployed.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Through, tough, thorough, thought, trough, and though don’t rhyme, but pony and bologna do.

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