OMG, it took humanity 100 years to solve a math problem that today’s students learn in a week?! Must've been a wild ride from "How do we map this circle with straight lines?" to "Oops, we solved it by accident!" Guess Mercator should've just waited for the next edition of "Calculus for Dummies!"
https://liorsinai.github.io/mathematics/2020/08/27/secant-mercator.html #mathhistory #education #mathproblems #problemSolving #calculus #funfacts #HackerNews #ngated

liorsinai.github.io100 years to solve an integral - Lior SinaiThe integral of sec(x) is well known to any beginners calculus student. Yet this integral was once a major outstanding maths problem. It was first introduced...

**Jo Dusepo جوهانا دوسپو** @dusepo@toot.dusepo.co.uk · Apr 14

Apr 14

Jo Dusepo جوهانا دوسپو @dusepo@toot.dusepo.co.uk

TIL: For decades of the 20th century, Switzerland's cheese industry was almost entirety controlled by a cartel which decided which types of cheese could be produced at what price. They also sponsored the Swiss olympic skiing team (see picture). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Cheese_Union #TIL #FunFacts

Switzerland's olympic skiing team, sponsored by, and wearing outfits themed by, the Swiss cheese cartel. Picture from Wikipedia.

**The Thirsty Spittoon** @thirstyspittoon@mastodon.social · Mar 30

Mar 30

The Thirsty Spittoon @thirstyspittoon@mastodon.social

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓

Music Box 40 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Great Artists: John Lennon

https://www.thirstyspittoon.top/2025/03/music-box-40-memepic-dump.html

#thethirstyspittoon #music #musicians

**The Thirsty Spittoon** @thirstyspittoon@mastodon.social · Mar 29

Mar 29

The Thirsty Spittoon @thirstyspittoon@mastodon.social

Historical Fiction Novels With Actually Once-Living Heroines: “Queen’s Gambit” ; Elizabeth Fremantle

https://www.thirstyspittoon.top/2025/03/literature-box-43-memepic-dump.html

#thethirstyspittoon #characters #literature

**Free Novels Online** @freenovelsonline@mastodon.social · Mar 29

Mar 29

Free Novels Online @freenovelsonline@mastodon.social

A New York Times Best Of 2021: “The Copenhagen Trilogy” ; Tove Ditlevsen (Translators: Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman)

https://www.freenovelsonline.top/2025/01/literature-pot-26-memepic-dump.html

#freenovelsonline #characters #literature

**Useless Facts, Badly Drawn** @uselessfactsbadlydrawn@mastodon.social · Mar 19

Mar 19

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn @uselessfactsbadlydrawn@mastodon.social

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #417: The Invention of the microwave.
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#radarange #microwave #radar #raytheon #inventions #accidentalinventions #percyspencer #science #technology #tech #history #popcorn #strangebuttrue #wtf #military #militaryhistory #didyouknow #funfacts #facts #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

The microwave was invented when engineer Percy Spencer was repairing an active military radar, and it melted the candy bar in his pocket without burning his skin. During experiments with an early prototype, the first thing he microwaved was popcorn.

**Code of Amor** @codeofamor@codeofamor.net · Mar 18 *

Mar 18 *

Code of Amor @codeofamor@codeofamor.net

Some mutuals on here post about robotgirls... I totally forgot to mention that one of my alters is a robot. Not a girl, though. Not any gender. Just is. Hadn't seen them for a while, but they are literally typing this for me atm. They just made me a cup of tea. Okay bye for now!
#DID
#funfacts
#robotgirl