Angus Barbieri

Angus Barbieri, born 1938-1939, was a Scottish man known for the longest time spent fasting. He fasted for 382 days, consuming water, vitamins, electrolytes, yeast extract, tea, coffee and sparkling water. Before he started the fast, Barbieri weighed 207 kg. He often needed assistance with daily tasks. When he came to view the 1960–61 British […]

CAMP SQUEAH FOOD

Camp Squeah Food Ratings 27915 Trans-Canada Hwy, Hope, BC V0X 1L3 Rating system Out of 10 0/10 Poisonous. Health hazard. 1/10 Tricky to eat, not satisfying or filling, no freshness / flavour, wrong definition entirely 2/10 Slightly fresher or tastier, still abysmal. 3/10 Not satisfying, not filling, lacking in flavour, not fresh. 4/10 Minimally acceptable, […]

Vieta’s Formulas

Refer to the image above. Remember, don’t get the sum and the product of roots values mixed up!! If you are unsure use an equation to test, like x^2 + 5x + 6. Fun fact: These formulas were invented by François Viète, a French mathematician. He worked on questions for up to three days straight […]

Victoria Day this Monday

Victoria Day is celebrated every year on May 18 to honor Queen Victoria, the monarch who granted Royal Assent to the British North America Act in 1867. This estabilished Canada as a country. Today, it also marks the unofficial start to summer. Well, what more can I say? I’m not Wikipedia

Minimum distance from a point to a line

The minimum distance from a point to a line can be thought of as a line. What I mean by that is, if we draw a line named $Bobbi$ and he must have the shortest possible height, then lil Bobbi’s feet must be perpendicular to the line. You could, of course, calculate this by noticing […]

The Sieve of Eratosthenes

That is a sieve. I usually use sieves to sift my cake flour. Sifting cake flour means the bulky stuff is forced through these small holes. Thus, the flour ends up fine; finer and softer than sand. Why must I sift my cake flour? So the finished cake is light as a feather and soft […]