• Machinist@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I knew about the relict popularion of mammoths that was still around. Wasn’t aware of the tigers. Can you please tell me more?

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        I can’t 100% give you facts. I just go off of the rough estimate of fossil records for both mammoth and sabertooth tigers roughly and this is just a random thing I like to tell people when I was younger to kind of blow their mind.

  • fubarx@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That REAL Pi actually ends at 7 digits. Discovered by a greengrocer named Dennis.

    There’s been an easy say to calculate it since 1800s using an abacus.

    Edit: thought the /s was implied with, you know, “Dennis.” I knew I should have gone with “Humperdink.”

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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      I would like to learn more about this. Wiki says:

      In the 5th century AD, Chinese mathematicians approximated π to seven digits, while Indian mathematicians made a five-digit approximation, both using techniques.

      So it looks like they were all approximations, but it actually is much longer like I was always taught.

  • Epistemophiliac@piefed.ca
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    Grostesques are mythical or fantastical creatures carved into the sides of building. If they have been designed to drain water away from the building, they are called gargoyles .