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Alaskan Kids Created Number System
- The Cactivik number system was created by Alaskan schoolchildren in 1994 as a class project to formalize their indigenous base-20 and base-5 counting.
- It spread through native communities and raised local math scores before encountering challenges from standard base-10 systems.
Voluntary Goosebumps Control
- Some people can consciously trigger goosebumps, called voluntarily generated pilo-erection (VGP).
- This ability is rare and involves autonomic nervous system control unusual in humans.
Early Alien Messaging Ideas
- Early proposals to communicate with extraterrestrials involved huge-scale efforts like lighting oil pits in the Sahara or building giant mirrors to beam messages to Mars.
- These plans reflect imaginative but impractical attempts to signal aliens.