Math Nerd videos (that even folks that are NOT math nerds can enjoy)

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

Let's start with the obvious: Good old Mandlebrot...

 

[HymanKaplan_rivals48997]

What is up with the number 37?

 

[berniecarbo]

No fair. You tricked me. Where is the girl in the bikini?

 

[TucsonCat]

 

[Monroe Claxton]

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

What is up with the number 37?

In 1963, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a 10-year moratorium on any allocation of stations to Channel 37. A new ban on such stations took effect at the beginning of 1974, and was made permanent by a number of later FCC actions.