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(03-04-2022, 08:02 PM)JHG Wrote: The wives of Henry VIII:
Divorced, beheaded, died.
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
I’m Henry VIII.
I had six sorry wives.
You could say I ruined their lives.
I rather like this . I only knew the first two lines of it - but the last two are certainly true as well!!!
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Moonface (in 'Woman runs 49 red lights in ex's car')' Wrote: If only she had ran another 20 lights.
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05-17-2022, 10:12 PM
Here's one for the Reactivity Series:
(Source: Online Math Learning)
Admittedly, it's quite long (and probably not the easiest to remember) - but, I'm sure it's easier than trying to remember the series itself !
(Source: Online Math Learning)
Admittedly, it's quite long (and probably not the easiest to remember) - but, I'm sure it's easier than trying to remember the series itself !
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09-10-2022, 10:21 AM
Here are two mathematical symbols that often get mixed up:
< (Less than); for example, 2 < 3
> (Greater than); for example, 10 > 9
The way I remember to tell them apart is: 'Less than' looks like a squashed L. (You could argue that 'Greater than' does too, but it doesn't have the same effect, because it's the wrong way around !)
< (Less than); for example, 2 < 3
> (Greater than); for example, 10 > 9
The way I remember to tell them apart is: 'Less than' looks like a squashed L. (You could argue that 'Greater than' does too, but it doesn't have the same effect, because it's the wrong way around !)
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06-26-2023, 04:52 PM
(07-10-2019, 08:57 AM)Detective Osprey Wrote:this is for the harmless Kingsnake vs Coral Snake.
- Red next to black is a friend of Jack. Red next to yellow will kill a fellow.
Since I was reading about this again today, I should point out that there's an important caveat.
This applies only to snakes native to the United States. If you try to use this rule in Central or South America, it won't be of any help - because the snakes aren't coloured in any consistent way that tells you whether they're venomous or not!
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(10-06-2020, 05:44 PM)Kyng Wrote: Bactrian camels have two humps, while a dromedary camel has one hump.
To remember this: 'B' is the 2nd latter of the alphabet; thus, 2 humps.
(Not something I found on Google or something I was ever told: I came up with it myself, so apologies if it sucks !)
Okay, forget this. I came up with a far better memory aid last night.
The first letter of the camel's name gives you a visual clue as to how many humps it has.
'Dromedary' begins with 'D'. The letter 'D' has one 'hump'.
'Bactrian' begins with 'B'. The letter 'B' has two 'humps'.
I'm sure other people will have come up with this before - but, I spotted it independently of them .
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05-12-2024, 03:53 AM
I dunno how to make it more silly but every king Frederick of Denmark is stuck between a Christian one number ahead as the predecessor and two numbers ahead as the successor except for King John and Queen Margrethe II.
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