In the movie Good Will Hunting, Will is a janitor at MIT--he solves some impossible math problems and shocks the professors. That origin story is taken straight from real life (sort of). George Dantzig was a brilliant mathematician who got his start when he was late to class one fateful day and solved some math problems nobody thought could be solved.
We're circling back to the African Giant Pouched Rat! Turns out, in addition to being super great at detecting land mines, these rats also...
Amy shares the solved mystery and history of Ponyhenge in Lincoln, MA. Atlas Obscura article by Jessica Hester ! Click the link
On Feb 3rd, 1945, The all women of color, Six-Triple-Eight, was sent overseas to clear a two year backlog of mail. They were told...