Imagine you’re learning something new, like a new language. Have you noticed that after you first learn them, you can remember them quite well, as time goes on, you start forgetting them? This is what the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve is all about. Over a century ago, a psychologist named Hermann…
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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is a special kind of digital money that works without a ledger. Instead, it uses a clever way to keep track of transactions and make them safe. Some popular examples are Ethereum, Tether, BNB, and Dogecoin, but the most popular is Bitcoin. Imagine if everyone who uses the money…
Python Simple and Compound Interest Calculator
Don’t have a calculator? Don’t worry. Just paste this code into Python and let Python do all the work.
The Long March
In October 1934, The Long March occurred. It was a series of marches by the Chinese communists, who were led by Mao Zedong. Before the Long March even started, the communists were losing badly to the nationalists. The communists needed to make a plan. They also wanted the nationalists to…
SVB Bank
The Silicon Valley Bank Became Bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank, SVB for short, was ranked number 63 in 2021 according to the USA’s top banks. In 2022, it skyrocketed to number 16, an insane feat. In 2023 however, it became bankrupt within a span of 2 days. Here is how this…
Rickroll
Rickroll is an internet prank, originated from the song “Never Gonna Give You Up“. Basically, your goal is to avoid that song, or the person Rick Astley moving. The art of Rickroll There is a website called https://www.secretrickroll.com/. This website allows you to create a “link” that leads to rickroll….
Air Conditioning
An air conditioner uses something called refrigerant. In a hot room, the refrigerant will take away the heat from the room. The heat will evaporate. The more the refrigerant contacts, the more heat it will take away. A compressor is another part of an air conditioner. If the refrigerant is…
Procrastination
Imagine you are given a long-term piece of homework. It is due in six months. You plan to complete some every day, where you finish right before the deadline. 2 months went by, and you haven’t even started working on it. You change everything where you complete everything in 4…
Why is Russia Invading Ukraine?
Russia had recently started invading Ukraine. This sudden news had made a lot of people research things they hadn’t really paid too much attention to before. The Russians’ relationship wasn’t good with the Ukrainians’, and held a grudge against them for almost a decade. Russia’s neighbor also wanted to be…
Why do People Sneeze?
People sneeze when there are a certain number of irritants in the person’s throat or nose. Many people often sneexe multiple times before stopping, because one sneeze wouldn’t be enough to get rid of all the dust particles. So, another sneeze occures. Reasearchers aren’t exactly sure, but that is what…