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The Greatest Geometry Fail Of All Time
Math Science
2 days ago 3.3K views 0 shares
The Greatest Geometry Fail Of All Time
Whoever made this diagram is giving us the most hilariously wrong math lesson ever! The "rotation" isn't actually rotating the rectangle - it's just making it lie down for a nap! Real rotation would keep the same shape but turn it at an angle. This is basically like teaching someone that "running" means falling over sideways. 😂 Even the title's spelling ("Math Losson For Yall") is perfect because this lesson is definitely a LOSS for anyone trying to learn geometry! Next week: circles are just squares that got really excited!

The Germanic Word Construction Factory
Science
2 days ago 3.0K views 0 shares
The Germanic Word Construction Factory
The Germanic approach to word creation is basically "why use many words when one massive compound word will do?" While English borrows terms from everywhere like a kleptomaniac at a yard sale, German just smashes existing words together with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. That number "5555" becomes the tongue-twisting "Fünf­Tausend­Fünf­Hundert­Fünf­Und­Fünfzig" – literally stacking "five thousand five hundred five and fifty" into a single lexical monstrosity. It's linguistic efficiency through brute force. Next time you're learning German vocabulary, bring a neck brace – those compound words can cause whiplash.

I Hope You Get The Joke
Engineering Science
3 days ago 3.5K views 0 shares
I Hope You Get The Joke
The engineering joke that separates the nerds from the normies! While most people know RPM as "revolutions per minute," the French have a delightful linguistic quirk where they call it "tours par minute" (TPM). Non-English speakers get it immediately, but everyone else is left staring blankly like Toothless the dragon. It's basically the STEM version of an inside joke that makes engineers snicker while the rest of us pretend to understand. Next time someone mentions RPM, just nod knowingly and mutter "ah, oui, les tours..."

The Ultimate Cellular Betrayal
Biology Science
17 days ago 8.4K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Cellular Betrayal
This is cellular drama at its finest! The top panel shows a ribosome (the protein factory of the cell) freaking out because it spotted what looks like viral RNA. "How queer, it looks like viral RNA. I shall notify head quarters immediately!" - such a formal little protein complex! But in the bottom panel, plot twist! The ribosome realizes it's just making capsid proteins (the outer shell that protects viral genetic material). "I guess we doing Capsid proteins now" - like when your body has already been hijacked by a virus and your own cellular machinery is now making viral parts without even realizing it. It's basically the cellular version of "Wait, am I the baddie?" Your own ribosomes betraying you to make more virus babies. The ultimate cellular bamboozle!