Joseph Edmonson, Mechanical Calculator, 1889. Brass And Steel Mechanism. Patented In 1883, Made By W.F.

EIDOLON

[noun]

1. an ideal.

2. a wistful daydream.

3. a phantom; apparition.

Etymology: from Ancient Greek eídōlon, “figure, representation”, from eîdos, “sight”, from eídō, “I see”.

[Jana Heidersdorf - The Treasure of Abbot Thomas]

There is no such thing as veganism as there are always going to be microscopic animals on everything you eat.

A Nigerian student has achieved the highest grades at a Japanese university for the past 50 years, while solving a mathematical equation which was unsolvable 30 years ago, in his first semester.

Ufot Ekong achieved a first in electrical engineering at Tokai University in Tokyo, scoring the best marks since 1965, CCTV Africa reported.

Ekong, from Lagos, also plays the saxophone, and runs a retail wears and accessories shop in Japan called Strictly African Japan.

The Nigerian speaks English, French, Japanese and Yoruba, his country’s native language, and paid his way through university himself.

He currently works for Nissan and has already patented two products, as well as making an electric car which reaches up to 128 kmph.

During his time at university, Ekong has won six awards for academic excellence.

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We can say that life itself is the axiom of the empty set. It begins in zero and ends in zero. We know that both states exist, but we will not be conscious of either experience: they are states that are necessary parts of life, even as they cannot be experienced as life. We assume the concept of nothingness, but we cannot prove it. But it must exist.

Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life (via shrinemaidens)