The Odd Number Rule

2020-07-29

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Galileo and the odd number rule: http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/mathofmotion1.html

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Parity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_(mathematics)

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https://www.nature.com/articles/6800139

Colorado and its 697 sides: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/colorado-is-not-a-rectangle

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