Today’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of Stephen A. Douglas, an influential senator and Abraham Lincoln’s great opponent in Illinois politics.
Anybody know the reason behind the spike in his Wikipedia page hit history at the end of each year?
Today’s the birthday of William Shakespeare, at least according to tradition. Have you looked at our analyses of Shakespeare’s plays? The visualization of each character’s appearances is particularly interesting.
Using Wolfram|Alpha, you can see the world as if you were a dog, colorblind, or living in a world of comics!
Learn more on our blog!
The Everglades is almost twice the size of Rhode Island.
The tremendously prolific mathematician Leonhard Euler was born 306 years ago today.
We have lots of information about his achievements, which were many. Just keep clicking “More”.
Question that came up after watching Jurassic Park 3D this weekend.
The Internet seems to really like our math curves lately. Do you know what else the Internet likes? Pokemon.
So here’s a list of all the Pokemon-like curves we have. More are on the way!
