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Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

Law legal system crime concept with gavel and scales of justice with books in the background. (mallet, judicial system).

What Are the Differences Between First-, Second-, and Third-Degree Murder?

United States Electoral College votes by state

How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Happy, smiling, flying pig

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

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Bessel function gamma function elliptic function hypergeometric function function logistic function Riemann zeta function recursive function harmonic function Lagrangian function exponential function Hamiltonian function integral transform propositional function trigonometric function

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Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker

British mathematician

Quiz

Equations written on blackboard

Numbers and Mathematics