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The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

~ Oscar Levant

Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

~ Unknown

Nicolaus Copernicus is often cited as the man who gave us the heliocentric theory of the solar system, but there is some question as to the crucial influence that earlier Islamic scientists may have had on many of his ideas about the motion of the Earth.

F. Jamil Ragep, a professor of history of science at the University of Oklahoma, gave a lecture at the University of Alberta about similarities to be found in the theories of the 16th-century Copernicus and his 13th-century Islamic astronomer counterparts Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. That the two astronomers shared similar thoughts about the matter indicates some sort of exchange of ideas, said Ragep, noting that chapters in Copernicus' book, On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies, correspond closely with Tusi's own astronomical theories.

"People have been talking about this at least since (J.L.E) Dreyer - there has been a long history of knowing about the connection," he said. Dreyer's classic text book, The History of Planetary Systems, was published in 1906.


Perhaps al-Tusi's greatest gift to the world of astronomy was his invention of the 'Tusi Couple' - a geometrical device that the Persian scholar used to resolve problems he had found with the ancient Greek scientist Ptolemy's models. As old documents have shown, Copernicus used the Tusi Couple in his own lunar theories.


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This is by far the most literal solution to a problem I've ever seen!

Maurice Tillet ( 1903 - August 4, 1954 ) was a professional wrestler in the early years of the entertainment-sport. Born in France, he was highly intelligent and could speak 14 languages. He was also a keen poet and was hoping to get into the acting business.

In his twenties, he developed acromegaly, a rare disease that causes bones to grow wildly and uncontrollably. Soon his whole body was disfigured as a result. This led to much pain for Tillet as this gentle man was being called names, berated and forced to flee the place he loved so much.

Seeking a new identity to fit his chronic disfigurement, Tillet fled to America where he made a living on his appearance by becoming a professional wrestler, and was dubbed as the "freak ogre of the ring". His villain persona ("the French Angel") was an instant success with the crowds. Perhaps the highlight of his career was on August 1, 1944, when The French Angel defeated Steve "Crusher" Casey for the American Wrestling Association World championship.

He soon became a recluse, although a few people did manage to befriend Tillet, including the businessman Patrick Kelly, whose home in Braintree, Massachusetts Tillet would often visit. There the pair would often play chess together.

Tillet died in 1954 from heart disease at age 51. Bobby Managain, who as Bobby Managoff was a wrestling champ, asked Tillet on his death bed if he could make a plaster cast of his face. Tillet agreed, and Bobby made three masks of his face. Once of which was given to Milo Steinborn, while two ended up with Patrick Kelly. Steinborn donated this mask to the York Barbell Museum years ago. One of the masks sat on Kelly's office desks for years, the other he donated to the International Wrestling Museum in Iowa.

Crazy Ping Pong Ball Video

It's a picture of a rock formation near a lake in Burma. The photo can only be taken on a specific day once a year when the sun rays touch the rocks at a certain angle.

See it here.


This is either an amazing photoshopping job! Or it's just an amazing sight to see!!

You think that books are just for reading?


Even though I'd hate doing that to a book, but it's just amazing!