November 26, 2023
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September 6, 2023
Efforts to Connection
In a bustling modern city, there lived a curious young girl named Quinn. Quinn was an extremely academically intelligent student. Unfortunately, the rest of the Wells family only considered the physically talented children skilled. No one was surprised when Quinn was often seen alone while the rest of her family were out, enjoying the weather. Quinn nearly always spent quality time in her room, filled with packed bookshelves, piles of scrap paper, and hand-crafted devices from common junk. The Wells were so athletic and well-trained that reporters and famous people were in their house all day, making Quinn stay shut...
September 2, 2023
Binary
Binary is a device-used format where there are only the numbers 0 and 1. Binary Numbers Binary numbers are a format of numbers used by computers and other tracking devices. They use these “numbers” and identify them. Binary numbers only contain 0 and 1, but nothing else. We see that 0 is literally 0, and 1 is also 1. However, binary doesn’t have “2”, and 1 is the biggest among 0 and 1, so we need to find the smallest number from combinations of 0 and 1 that is greater than “1”. We see that 2 is 10 in binary,...
September 1, 2023
“Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix Summary
“Among the Hidden” by author Margaret Peterson Haddix, designed for young adults, is a meaningful eye-catching dystopian story about a curious 12 year old boy named Luke Gardner. In the city that Luke lives in, the Government has taken control of how many children women can deliver, due to food shortage in history. Women are unable to have more than two children, but some have managed to do so somehow. Also to the food shortage, the Government banned factories from making junk food and forced them to make healthy food instead. It also didn’t let people have more than 1500...
September 1, 2023
Orange Sponge Cake Recipe
Use this recipe to make a “spongy”, fluffy circular cake that everyone may enjoy. Ingredients (For 8 Slices): 100 grams cake flour 2 grams cream of tartar 60 grams vegetable oil 60 grams orange juice 70 grams refined sugar 5 eggs at room temperature Extra vegetable oil, canola oil, or cooking spray Boiling water Optional: whipped cream, sprinkles, jam, and other toppings of your choice Prepare two large, dry bowls ahead of time, an 8 inch circular baking pan, and two larger pans. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Celsius. Put the cake flour in a bowl, along with the juice...
August 28, 2023
The Truth Of The Blue Raspberry Flavour
Many products in the common store feature assorted flavoured snacks and drinks that please our taste buds. There’s strawberry, blueberry, orange, grape, mango, watermelon, cherry, and more flavours of snacks, including blue raspberry. However, there is a little secret about the flavour blue raspberry: it’s not a real fruit. Stores often care about appearance when displaying their products so buyers will think that the items are good. (advertising) For example, if a store is selling cherry candies, they might display it in a cute box with a large picture of a ripe, sparkling cherry. This could let customers feel that...
August 28, 2023
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Have you ever crammed a load of facts into your brain the night before stressfully, but still got an F? That isn’t too surprising. Everybody’s highly likely to forget newly learned things within a matter a time. This comes from a statement from the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve. The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve is a memory-based curve designed by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus defined in his book Memory. Approximately, 3 days after learning something, 40% of the information is lost. If it is reviewed after 1 day, it will take longer to forget. Two days after reviewing, if it is reviewed again,...
August 18, 2023
Gourd
Gourd is a type of fruit grown from flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae. Further in the family Cucurbitaceae, it is also in the sub families Cucurbita and Lagenaria. It is related to a number of different items, such as pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, and many types of melon. Gourd is known to look like a large peanut or pear. They usually are light green or orange. Many say that this kind of fruit has a very hard shell. The gourds found in the Americas seem to have evolved from the the gourds of Asia a long time ago. However, some...
August 12, 2023
Entropy
Have you ever wondered why sugar can dissolve in a pot of boiling water, why popcorn kernels pop, or why things get rusted after touching a fire? All of these examples include entropy, a scientific concept. Most people would describe entropy as a measurement of disorder. However, while that can be a meaning, it does not provide much knowledge of what it really should be and can be misleading. For example, which is more disordered: a glass of water, or a glass of ice cubes? The answer may seem like the glass of ice cubes, but it’s actually the water....
August 6, 2023
35 Interesting Facts
Friendship strengthens mental health and keeps us happy. It is considered fine to eat food beyond the date that marks its best before – it just won’t be in its best version. Jus 10 pushups a day can gradually help you strengthen your muscles. SS stands for “sailing ship” on a boat. Diet Coke is sweet not by sugar but by aspartame, a type of chemical. Snakes can predict earthquakes. There are so many Lego mini figures that their population is more than human population! In total, the average person spends 1 whole year on the toilet in their lifetime!...