Riddle Me This: The Bird that Broke the Camel’s Back

A 1-ton truck must cross a bridge that can hold no more than 1 ton. The truck is empty but barely weighs 1 ton. As it’s halfway across the bridge, a bird weighing 20 grams lands on it. Will the bridge collapse?

Engineering Ingenuity of the Ancient Romans

While the Ancient Greeks are often lauded for their contributions to many fields such as poetry, philosophy, and mathematics (to name a few), the incredible engineering feats of the Ancient Romans were instrumental in their infrastructural and organizational efforts, and these ingenuities are employed by engineers even today ...

2024-12-17T17:23:37-05:00June 2nd, 2025|Tuesday Tidbits|1 Comment
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