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• ... that although the spacecraft '''''[[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]]''''' ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?
• ... that although the spacecraft '''''[[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]]''''' ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?


• ... that singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged math criminal '''[[Skip Digits]]''' used techniques adapted from high-energy literature to record his hit song "Klepsydra"?
• ... that Tom Hanks was cast as Josh Baskin in the supernatural thriller film '''''[[Dead]]''''' based on the strength of his performance in '''''[[The Green Acre Mile]]'''''?


• ... that the mathematical constant '''[[Pi (nonfiction)|π]]''' is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?
• ... that the mathematical constant '''[[Pi (nonfiction)|π]]''' is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?

Revision as of 08:09, 12 February 2023

• ... that although the spacecraft Venera 1 ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?

• ... that Tom Hanks was cast as Josh Baskin in the supernatural thriller film Dead based on the strength of his performance in The Green Acre Mile?

• ... that the mathematical constant π is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?