No Such Thing As A Fish Little Fish: A Biscuit, A Railway Station, And A Mutt
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Dec 28, 2025 Dive into a world of quirky facts, from raunchy maths to fossilized vomit housing pterosaur remains! Discover the historical twists of German chocolate cake and the playful connections of Garibaldi biscuits. Unpack the mystery of Big Ben's clock design and its lift company. There's even a tale involving a biscuit, a railway station, and a mutt that keeps you guessing. Plus, learn how Cold War carbon-14 is helping solve modern murders. It's an entertaining journey through peculiar trivia!
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Popcorn Function Pops Between 0 And 1
- Mathematical graph theory uses terms like girth and Wiener index to describe structure rather than plotted charts.
- The 'popcorn' (or raindrop) function outputs 0 or 1 and produces apparently random, popping behavior.
Acronym Saved PyBDSF From PyBDSM
- David Reed describes PyBDSF, a Python-coded radio-telescope blob detector whose name was tweaked to avoid PyBDSM.
- The team renamed the final word to prevent an unfortunate acronym.