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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!" 📚🤣
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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...

As an Israeli living in the U.S., there are two things I will never fully get used to:

The cutest thing being silly everywhere you go, a.k.a squirrels.

And the fact that packages just… arrive at your door!

Like poof — magic.

No chasing slips, no trekking to the post office, no wondering if the package was rerouted to a secret underground facility guarded by dragons (hi Portugal 🇵🇹).

In Israel 🇮🇱, getting a package is a mission.

And in 🇵🇹 Portugal, it was a full-blown treasure hunt.

But here?

I open the door and BAM.

It's there. Every time.

I joke with my Israeli friend that this whole system is reason enough to move

My dad sends me a care package from Israel every few months — think Bamba, hostage yellow ribbons, the local newspaper, and the latest trends packed into one box.

Today, I got one.

And yes, I filmed an unboxing (coming soon!)

It landed on my doorstep, and I’m still not over it.

I probably never will be 💙

Went to a sheep farm the other day!! They had Tunis sheep, a heritage breed that are well adapted to the heat and humidity of the southeast where I am.

I learned that apparently Tunis sheep were first brought as a gift from the King of Tunisia to George Washington! which is so so awesome, that story just blew my mind haha

Read more about it here if you're interested: livestockconservancy.org/tunis

The Livestock ConservancyTunis Sheep - The Livestock ConservancyThe name Tunis describes the breed’s connections to foundation stock from Tunisia in North Africa.

Many, many eggs are waiting to be found by you... 🥚 Because the Easter holidays are coming and the Easter bunny has hidden them all pretty well. 🐰 Of course, we're also looking forward to the four-day break – as you can see, we've even adapted our logo on the picture accompanying this post accordingly. And now off you go in search of all the tasty Easter eggs – don't let them go bad. With this in mind, we wish you a happy Easter and a great time off. 🌷 #easter #eggs #rabbit #funfacts #nine

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #67: The first electric car was invented before the first gasoline-driven car. Also, isn't it strange how at first, only the very rich drove cars as an expensive hobby while everyone else rode horses, but now the rich ride horses as an expensive hobby while everyone else drives cars? 🤔

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