Can YOU solve this fiendishly difficult math problem? 95% of MIT students CANNOT and only 10% of Stanford students CAN! Here it is: Can you make the number 24 from using 3, 3, 7, 7? And here are the rules: you have to use ALL the numbers but once only.
How many English idioms do you know that include “salt”? Salt plays a significant role in many areas of our lives: we need it to survive; we use it to preserve foods; we add it to food to bring out the taste.
Getting a scholarship can be either incredibly easy or unimaginably difficult, and sometimes both at the same time. At AGF Tutoring we have helped many students find both full and partial scholarships. So just how does one go about getting a scholarship?
Pitman shorthand is a system of shorthand for the English language developed by Englishman Sir Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), who first presented it in 1837. Like most systems of shorthand, it is a phonetic system; the symbols do not represent letters, but rather sounds, and words are, for the most part, written as they are spoken.
National Scrabble Day is observed annually on April 13th. Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the depression.
Are there too many students? Almost half of young people now go to universities which spawn dumbed down degrees that equip graduates for nothing in life.
Linnea Hartsuyker, author of “The half-drowned king”, shares insight into her debut novel and the rest of the epic historical series. Source: Library Love Fest
Can you guess what the oldest existing, and continually operating university in the world is and in which country it is located?
Who wouldn’t want one of these with a glass of Sangria after a busy day! What does empanada mean though?
A mathematical leap so radical, it almost got trashed. One of the most prestigious prizes in mathematics is to be awarded to Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands, in recognition of a revolutionary theory that almost ended up in the trash – at its author’s suggestion, no less.
Today’s youngest generation is more multilingual and wired than ever. Could the tech they’re using breed a global army of polyglots?
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point is reportedly discussing a plan to eliminate 13 majors including English, philosophy, history and Spanish. The campus — one of 11 campuses in the University of Wisconsin system — would instead focus on programs that have “clear career pathways,” The Washington Post reported.
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