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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

False assumptions Memes

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The Prime Number Betrayal

Math
9 months ago 14.0K views 0 shares
The Prime Number Betrayal
The mathematical blasphemy here is enough to make any number theorist choke on their cereal. Our confident friend starts eating, thinking 91 is obviously a prime number (it's not even checking if it's divisible by anything?). Then the horrifying truth appears: 91 = 7×13. That moment when your mathematical intuition fails you spectacularly and you realize you've been living a lie. Twenty years of teaching and I still see students confidently declaring numbers prime without bothering to check divisibility rules. The audacity!

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