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February 18, 2023

Mini Chess Dictionary

Bishop: A piece that can move diagonally. Two bishops per different color army. Worth 3 points. Capture: When a piece takes another. Castle: When the king moves two places and the rook jumps on top of him. Can only be performed when the king is not in check and both pieces have not moved yet. Check: When the king is being threatened but can escape. Checkmate: When the king is being threatened and can’t escape. Double Attack: When a piece threatens two pieces at once. Draw: Both armies can not win, no matter what. Typically where both sides only have...

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February 17, 2023

Bubble Tea

Bubble tea! Bubble tea is “tea” with solid “bubbles”. It consists of tea, milk, sugar, tapioca flour (to make the tapioca balls, solid bubbles), and sometimes syrup, honey, fruit, cream, and ice. GOOGLE BUBBLE TEA GAME https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-bubble-tea EXTRA RIDDLE Why can you drink a drink but not eat an eat? Answer A drink has two meanings, one is noun and the other verb. For example, “drink water” and “drink of water” both make sense. But, eat is only a verb! Eat does not mean food. Examples: “eat food” makes sense but “eat of food” does not.

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February 15, 2023

Fidgets

Fidgets are small satisfying toys, such as poppets which you pop little buttons with, and stress balls, squishy balls which relieves stress. Above, we see varieties of rubbery, squishy, pop-y, etc little objects. They feel very satisfying. Some types of fidgets: Poppets- pop buttons, flip it over, pop them again “Noodles”- thick, noodle-like stuff, similar to a mini snake Fidget Spinners- hold the center of the spinner, spin the outer “Floppy” Cubes- flop a cube on top of another floppy cube, create shapes

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February 14, 2023

Valentine’s Day History

Valentine’s Day, on February 14, is a day where people exchange gifts such as cards, chocolates, and flowers. People write letters to each other, usually signing them with “From Your Valentine” or “XOXO”, etc. Valentine’s Day, is in short, “love” day. Gifts are most of the time supposed to mean “love”.\ History A priest, Valentine, who lived in Rome, was imprisoned for secretly holding weddings long ago. Emperor Claudius II in the 3rd century AD, forbid soldiers to marry because he had a thought that unmarried soldiers fought better in war than married ones. Valentine refused to follow the rule...

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February 13, 2023

Surprising Paper Handcuff Experiment

Materials needed: 1 sheet of paper pair of scissors roll of tape or glue stick (do not use liquid glue) Steps: Fold the sheet of paper in two equal halves. Fold it in half again, in the same direction as before. Cut at the folded creases, making four long strips of paper. Attach one end of a strip onto another. Repeat. Attach the end of one long strip to its other end so there is a ring. Attach one end of the other strip on top of the outside part of the ring. Gently pull the other part of the...

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February 10, 2023

Terhun and Eer

There lived a hunter named Terhun (he was a hunter the other way in and out) and a deer named Eer. Terhun was a very fat man and ate a deer smothered with gravy, nuts, and fruit every meal. Terhun would go into the forest where tons of happy fine deer lived. He would choose the deer that stood out most to him and would shoot it down with the highest quality gun. Then, Terhun would bake it with the fruit which he got from his private orchard. Meanwhile, while the deer was baking, he would take plenty of nuts...

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February 8, 2023

Python Index

Indexes are perfect to use in Python when you have to locate a certain part in a string. For example: In the code above, abc is put into index of abc. The quotations say b, so where is b? Start from the start, and count. a is 1, space is 2, b is 3. So b is located in 3. Here is another example: Now we find “u” in queue. q is 1. u is 2. So print 2. We don’t print 4 because that u is after.

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February 8, 2023

Luxury and Non-Luxury

Maybe your dream was living in a super luxury resort complete with a swimming pool, soft bed, and a safe with jewelry. Or maybe it was to become the leader of the land. Or something else. But they all have something in common: At least a bit of luxury. We just seen to love luxury. It’s comfortable, clean, and has lots of “good” things with it. Meanwhile, others out there with little money or power live in non-luxury (simple/harsh) environments that are the exact opposite of luxury: no mansion, no gold, no private movie theatre or whatsoever. When non-luxury homes...

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February 7, 2023

The Magic Berry Problem

Once upon a time, in Bear Land, there lived a bear named Berry. His favourite food were berries because his name was Berry. He was extremely smart when it came to eating berries. Berry the Bear grew tons of berries with barbed wires to keep other bears out. A small lump of moist soil acted as a hidden button which could open a bit of wire. He relied on the crop for meals. Berry ate three large bunches of berries per day. Unfortunately, a dirt disease and a virus that killed animals, except for bears spread and many berries were...

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February 7, 2023

Cryonics

Cryonics is a field of study and practice that deals with the preservation of human bodies in a state of suspended animation, with the hope of reviving them in the future when medical technology has advanced enough to cure their illnesses and extend their lifespans. The idea is that if the body can be preserved in a way that stops or slows down decomposition, then it may be possible to revive it at a future date and restore it to a state of health. Cryonics has been a topic of interest and controversy for decades, with some people hailing it...

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