Daily Dose of Curiosity
Saint Patrick was revered in Ireland for bringing Christianity to the island. Remembering the date of his death on March 17th has taken place for centuries. That date was recognized as one of 35 feast and fasting days in Ireland since the fifteenth century. Pope Urban VIII added Saint Patrick’s Day to the church calendar … Read more
St. Patrick’s Day began as a remembrance of an honored bishop and later saint. Events were religious in nature including prayers, masses, and pilgrimages to places representing important events in Patrick’s life. In the time it became more celebratory and included markets and fairs. The Irish diaspora remembered the day as they moved to other … Read more
As we know, Yo-Yo Ma is the heir to the successful Mao Zedong-themed Yo-Yo brand The Cultural Yo-Yo Revolution(hence his name). Like the Walmart kids, he didn’t do anything to gain his fame, he was just born with it. His parents moved to Paris just a little bit before he was born so to escape … Read more
If your goal is to win: Rely on advanced models like KenPom [1], Sagarin [2], and Nate Silver’s rankings [3] to compare teams. Everyone has their pet heuristic (always pick an experience, defense wins championships, mid-majors are underrated, Duke will always win/choke–the list goes on), but the best data-driven methods consistently outperform everything else. Sometimes actual … Read more