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[kejedo]

1 hour ago, kejedo said:

Marilyn Monroe, (Norma Jean Mortensen), was born 100 years ago this week. I happen to share one (at least one) reported statistic with her. My mother said she shared ankle size with Marilyn. 

 

Neither Marilyn, nor Albert Einstein took a formal IQ test. Guesses have been offered. My last IQ test was decades ago; trying to keep cognitive skills active. Talk net helps, imo.

[kejedo]

Seven Bridges of Königsberg is a famous historical puzzle about whether a person could walk across all seven bridges of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) without crossing any of them more than once.

[kejedo]

Just now, kejedo said:

Seven Bridges of Königsberg is a famous historical puzzle about whether a person could walk across all seven bridges of the city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) without crossing any of them more than once.

Leonhard Euler's solution to the Konigsberg Bridge Problem led to the mathematical sub practices of nodes and networks.

 

[kejedo]

The McGill coin sorter is a device that got me interested in math. I didn't have one, but a traveling ice cream man did. Knowing my family almost never could afford ice cream, I watched the ice cream seller make change without looking down at this coin belt and was determined to do that.  I  comforted myself by knowing those ice cream eaters would  be satisfied for a short time, but learning a skill could last a lifetime. Said, done,

 

[kejedo]

Judge Judy has been on tv for 30 years. She has sponsored a number of other court tv shows. You do not need to be a real judge to hit tv as a mediator.