His Hand Doesn’t Even Move

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Feb 122013
 

This guy has mad skills!

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A compilation of Professor Walter Lewins and some of his lectures at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He draws some of the best lines, especially dashed lines – so fast that his hand isn’t even moving up and down to produce the dashes.

Why Is There A “b” In Doubt?

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Feb 122013
 

If you say you didn’t learn something new today, you just weren’t paying attention.

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Say the word “doubt” aloud. What is that “b” doing there? Does it have any purpose? Gina Cooke explains the long and winding history of “doubt” and why the spelling, though it seems random, is a wink to its storied past.

 

Random Riddle: 2-12-2013

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Feb 122013
 

Oil

Hold your mouse over for the answer.

I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, But my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.

What am I?

 

 

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