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FACT: the glass is most likely half empty

By Ryan | Published: December 16, 2009

I’m a pretty steady optimist, usually assuming things will work out, though last week I had a bout of pessimism. (I think I’m over that now) So the traditional optimist/pessimist dilemma is this: “Is the glass half full or half empty?” Despite being on the positive side of the game, I do have to say [...]

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FACT: the size of earth was first discovered using shadows

By Ryan | Published: December 3, 2009

The time is 250 BC, about 1500 years before what we call “modern science” took it’s first baby steps. The Egyptian city of Alexandria, on the northern coast of Egypt, was home to the greatest library that ever existed, filled with the wisest people of the day, and the birthplace of many fundamentals of mathematics, [...]

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