› added 6 years ago

216

TIL A college math professor wrote a fantasy "novel" workbook to teach the fundamentals of calculus. Concepts are taught through the adventures of a man who has washed ashore in the mystic land of Carmorra and the hero helps people faced with difficult mathematical problems

Read more kasmana.people.cofc.edu

via reddit.com

NWg1 TIL: In Canada, a financial advisEr has to put your interests first; an advisOr doesn’t.
wL4PE TIL "Spandau" was the manufacturer of Nazi machine guns - when the weapon was fired at someone's shins they would dance around, in a "Spandau Ballet"
xVPlb TIL that in 2007, Ohio proposed issuing specially marked license plates to sex offenders, similar to those already used for DUI offenders.
Y7py7 TIL that January is the first month of the Gregorian calendar because it is named after the roman god of all beginnings, Janus.
kOZ55 TIL a cubic foot of air weighs .08 lbs. A cubic mile of air weighs around 6 million tons! Now, imagine all that moving across the sky - no wonder storms are violent.