Filtered for wobbly tables and other facts
1.
When you sit with friends at a wobbly table,
Simply rotate till it becomes stable.
No need to find a wedge for one of its four feet.
Math will ensure nothing spills while you eat.
The Wobbly Table Theorem (Department of Mathematics, Harvard University).
2.
David Ogilvy changed advertising in 1951.
Shirts sold. Job done.
He used a surprise black eyepatch in the magazine spot:
“story appeal” makes consumers think a lot.
History of advertising: No 110: The Hathaway man’s eyepatch (Campaign, 2014).
3.
Frogs live in ponds.
These massive ones too.
But they dig their own ponds
when nothing else will do.
The world’s biggest frogs build their own ponds (Science, 2019).
4.
Rhyming poems have been going away,
from 70% in 1900 to almost zero today.
You know, I feel like we should all be doing our bit
to reverse the decline. But my poems are terrible.
Can you tell AI from human genius? (James Marriott).
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1.
When you sit with friends at a wobbly table,
Simply rotate till it becomes stable.
No need to find a wedge for one of its four feet.
Math will ensure nothing spills while you eat.
The Wobbly Table Theorem (Department of Mathematics, Harvard University).
2.
David Ogilvy changed advertising in 1951.
Shirts sold. Job done.
He used a surprise black eyepatch in the magazine spot:
“story appeal” makes consumers think a lot.
History of advertising: No 110: The Hathaway man’s eyepatch (Campaign, 2014).
3.
Frogs live in ponds.
These massive ones too.
But they dig their own ponds
when nothing else will do.
The world’s biggest frogs build their own ponds (Science, 2019).
4.
Rhyming poems have been going away,
from 70% in 1900 to almost zero today.
You know, I feel like we should all be doing our bit
to reverse the decline. But my poems are terrible.
Can you tell AI from human genius? (James Marriott).