A five-year-old prodigy (1930)

🎹 Listen: To the last living student of pianist Sergei Rachmaninov, declared a virtuoso at age 5. Ruth Slenczynski surprised musical critics by playing Beethoven — specifically, a minuet in G major.

How to get a student discount on Apple products

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Are you a student? Let me tell you how you can snag some awesome deals on Apple products, in one minute.

🐣 Not a practical yolk: Ever seen a chicken hatch from an open egg? A Japanese student actually pulled it off, and the video’s racking up thousands of upvotes on Reddit. The clip shows him cutting the egg open and injecting things into the embryo. After 21 days, a chick pops out. Strange but amazing. 

7:1

Yeah, so that myth is totally wrong. A new dog-age calculator says your pup’s “human years” age isn’t as easy as multiplying by 7. A 2-year-old dog is basically a full-grown adult, depending on the breed, according to scientists. So yes, your “puppy” might be old enough to refinance their student loans.

ChatGPT: Teachers, don't be late again

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Is it cheating if a student uses ChatGPT to create a completely unique essay? I have the answer, in 60 seconds.
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