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Thanks for the kind message. I have been looking to submit more through the recent dry spell, but the usual sources did run pretty thin. Perhaps we could put call-outs for Soylentils to submit good primers and how-to's they have found to fill those rough patches?

 

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    (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @10:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2016, @10:23PM (#345869)

    Stories that highlight an interesting person (like your Hedy Lamarr submission) or topic:

    "When Plato gave Socrates's definition of man as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying, "Behold! I've brought you a man." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope [wikipedia.org]

    "It is possible for one player to hit for a higher batting average than another player during a given year, and to do so again during the next year, but to have a lower batting average when the two years are combined."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox [wikipedia.org]

    "Whatever the reasons behind the duel, Galois was so convinced of his impending death that he stayed up all night writing letters to his Republican friends and composing what would become his mathematical testament"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois [wikipedia.org]

    "Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?"
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem [wikipedia.org]

    "An oncolytic virus is a virus that preferentially infects and kills cancer cells."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncolytic_virus [wikipedia.org]

    "During the trial, DiNorscio went on to fire his lawyer and represent himself during the entire trial. Although not popular with Accetturo and Taccetta, DiNorscio is reported to have charmed the jury; as the trial ended in 1988, all twenty defendants were acquitted, with a great deal of "pull" attributed to the congenial personality demonstrated by DiNorscio while he represented himself against the charges."
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_DiNorscio [wikipedia.org]

    "the criminal exploits of Harry Solomon Dolowich, the man who controlled the soda fountain syrup rackets in the 20's and 30's"
    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/nyregion/city-lore-no-egg-no-cream-no-ethics.html [nytimes.com]

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