The Dog Who Taught Math

Corporal’s puppies from the last litter were just entering high school. One day, he came home from work, took a long drink from the toilet and then went into the kitchen, where his daughter Daisy was pondering her homework. “What’ya doing?”, Corporal asked, sniffing the trash can a little. His daughter rolled her eyes and […]

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Some Tertiary Facts about Three

Three is a rough approximation of pi. This approximation was used by ancient engineers who didn’t mind the odd toppling. ▲ Three is the first Fermat prime number, just in case you have a box of Fermat prime numbers and want to put them in order. ▲ It is the smallest number of sides a […]

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