"TIL that Shakuntala Devi from India, also known as the human computer, gave the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds. The answer was verified at the US Bureau of Standards by the UNIVAC 1101 computer, for which a special program had to be written to perform such a large calculation."
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Calvin 3 year s ago
#3 I looked her up on Wikipedia and her mathematical accomplishments are mind blowing.
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Menaalmena 3 year s ago
Quote: Calvin
Shakuntala Devi
On 18 June 1980, she demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers – 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779. These numbers were picked at random by the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. She correctly answered 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 in 28 seconds.
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Sheila 3 year s ago
Great post! More plz!
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Nicey 3 year s ago
#15 It’s called “fiction” for a reason.
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Valentina 3 year s ago
#10 neglecting to mention that he was drunk like skunk
#25 vodka is 40% solution of ethanol in water.
#25 vodka is 40% solution of ethanol in water.
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Bill 3 year s ago
#25 Need some sourcing on this one. What is claims is vodka is Grain Alcohol (everclear). Since the 1890s, standard vodkas have been 40% alcohol by volume (ABV) (80 U.S. proof).[3] The European Union has established a minimum alcohol content of 37.5% for vodka.[4][5] Vodka in the United States must have a minimum alcohol content of 40%.
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Nicey 3 year s ago
Bill,
Vodka is diluted everclear.
Vodka is diluted everclear.
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Ignatius 3 year s ago
Bill,
... ha ha ha, whoever wrote that thing you copy-paste(d) never went to grocery store(s) in ohio or he would know better.
... ha ha ha, whoever wrote that thing you copy-paste(d) never went to grocery store(s) in ohio or he would know better.
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Lauryn 3 year s ago
I'm always amazed by the sheer amount of plastic surgery going on in Asia. They want to erase the signs of their ethnicity which is kind of sad if you think about it.
Hemocyte sounds pretty gross.
Hemocyte sounds pretty gross.
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Calvin 3 year s ago
Lauryn, Hypocrisy has nothing to do with asians getting plastic surgery. Don’t be judgmental. Americans, Canadians , Europeans. People from all over the world have had plastic surgery. It’s not defined to one group of people. Except me.
I can’t afford it , even if I did , I wouldn’t want to be in bed black and blue and in pain. To each their own.
I can’t afford it , even if I did , I wouldn’t want to be in bed black and blue and in pain. To each their own.
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Barby 3 year s ago
#21, I agree completely. There is a good reason to be able to operate all the critical things in a car without looking at them.
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Derrick 3 year s ago
Barby,
Voice activated would be a good solution too.
Voice activated would be a good solution too.
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Lamont 3 year s ago
#12 Appalachia stretches from Alabama to New York.
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Artemus 3 year s ago
#17 That count also includes 40-ish in Brittany, France.
On 18 June 1980, she demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers – 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779. These numbers were picked at random by the Department of Computing at Imperial College London. She correctly answered 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730 in 28 seconds.
#25 vodka is 40% solution of ethanol in water.
Vodka is diluted everclear.
... ha ha ha, whoever wrote that thing you copy-paste(d) never went to grocery store(s) in ohio or he would know better.
Hemocyte sounds pretty gross.
I can’t afford it , even if I did , I wouldn’t want to be in bed black and blue and in pain. To each their own.
Voice activated would be a good solution too.