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Gear of the Antikythera mechanism, a mechanical computer from the 2nd century BCE showing a previously unknown level of complexity. An out-of-place artifact (OOPArt or oopart) is an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest to someone that is claimed to have been found in an unusual context, which someone claims to challenge conventional historical chronology by its ...
The Millennium Prize Problems are seven well-known complex mathematical problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. The Clay Institute has pledged a US $1 million prize for the first correct solution to each problem.
Here, Symphosius mischievously proves 'prepared to defy Juno's curse and restore to Echo the ability to speak for herself': [13] Virgo modesta nimis legem bene seruo pudoris; Ore procax non sum, nec sum temeraria linguae; Vltro nolo loqui, sed do responsa loquenti. A modest maid, too well I observe the law of modesty;
A strange phenomenon occurring in Africa's Namib desert has scientists scratching their heads. These barren patches surrounded by a ring of of thriving vegetation are nicknamed "fairy circles."
The subject nearly always speaks of itself in the first person (in a personified form). Its speech usually begins with an explanation of its origins, provenance, birth, etc., in terms like: 'my mother was such-and-such, my father is so-and-so', or 'without my mother's help my father has given birth to me' (a very popular formula).
The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever is a logic puzzle so called by American philosopher and logician George Boolos and published in The Harvard Review of Philosophy in 1996. [1] [2] Boolos' article includes multiple ways of solving the problem.
Prima Games has braved its bizarre frontier to bring you helpful tips and tricks on how to collect every single one of the enigmas so Find all 18 of the Nostradamus Enigmas in Assassin's Creed ...
Enigma machine messages Solved (broken by Polish and Allied cryptographers between 1932 and 1945) 1939 D'Agapeyeff cipher: Unsolved 1939–1945 Purple cipher machine messages Solved (broken by Allied cryptographers in 1940) 1941 Lorenz SZ42 machine cipher messages Solved (broken by Allied cryptographers in 1942) 1944 Pigeon NURP 40 TW 194 ...