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A little juicy formula that exposes the covert relationship between the sides in a right triangle—no other elementary mathematical result has excited so many people from all walks of life to try proving it from different angles.
Just as without Christ, there’s no Christianity, without the Pythagorean theorem, there’s no Trigonometry.
by MathPlus December 31, 2018
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Singapore secretly wants more of its citizens to be durianians, so that in the event of any of its unfriendly neighbors trying to pollute its limited air space with the fruit’s pungent smell, it’d minimize any potential “death by durian.”
by MathPlus January 1, 2019
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If you let your big job title, fat bank account, or connections with people of influence be your life success, you’ll feel like a failure when these are gone; however, when you’ve Jesus in your life, you needn’t try to be a success, because you’re a success—stop pursuing things, start pursuing Him.
by MathPlus January 2, 2019
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An unhealthy number of senior math and science editorial staff in Singapore, who are shortchanging dozens of authors and their publishers, have contracted the lie tumor, as they selfishly take up key positions that are beyond their abilities or capabilities.
by MathPlus January 3, 2019
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Singapore election is generally a low-key affair, because most Opposition members of choice can’t run—they’re disqualified because of some fine, were previously jailed for illegal public gatherings, or are now bankrupt due to lawsuits filed by some ministers.
by MathPlus January 3, 2019
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Since last December, some Urban Dictionary asshole has been downvoting every recently approved entries submitted by MathPlus a dozen times every day—it’s high time the Urban Dictionary squad look into this terrorist attack, by exposing the suspected Islamist or Trump perpetrator.
by MathPlus January 3, 2019
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Inflation explains why the price of a math book in 1960 was 30 cents, but the same type of book today costs 30 dollars, or why a ten dollars’ worth of cookies today only cost 30 cents half a century ago.
by MathPlus January 4, 2019
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