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Friday, July 25, 2014

Francis Galton: wrong about eugenics, wrong about cake

In 1906, the mathematician Francis Galton devised a way to keep cake fresh when serving only one piece a day.


Unfortunately, his method is an elaborate process requiring bizarrely-shaped slices and rubber bands, and is further dependent on the English horror-practice of coating cakes in fondant instead of actually-edible frosting. You don't have to do this, America, because you invented a way out of this problem decades ago:


How to keep cake fresh like a sane person


Read the rest

An interesting read via Boing Boing


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