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[[File:Superegg.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Superegg (nonfiction)|In geometry, a '''[[Superegg (nonfiction)|superegg]]''' is a solid of revolution obtained by rotating an elongated superellipse with exponent greater than 2 around its longest axis. It is a special case of superellipsoid. Unlike an elongated ellipsoid, an elongated superegg can stand upright on a flat surface, or on top of another superegg. This is due to its curvature being zero at the tips. The shape was popularized by Danish poet and scientist [[Piet Hein (nonfiction)|Piet Hein]] (1905–1996).]]
• ... that scientist, inventor, and poet '''[[Piet Hein (nonfiction)|Piet Hein]]''' (who often wrote under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel", meaning "tombstone") is known for short poems, known as gruks or grooks, such as Consolation Grook, which reads:<br>
• ... that scientist, inventor, and poet '''[[Piet Hein (nonfiction)|Piet Hein]]''' (who often wrote under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel", meaning "tombstone") is known for short poems, known as gruks or grooks, such as Consolation Grook, which reads:<br>
"Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again."?
"Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again."?


• ... that physicist '''[[Johan Wilcke (nonfiction)|Johan Carl Wilcke]]''' invented an electrostatic generator (1752), an early version of the electrophorus, a device later named and popularized by [[Alessandro Volta (nonfiction)|Alessandro Volta]]?
• ... that the '''[[Disambiguum]]''' is a [[transdimensional corporation]] in which all things and all ideas are disambiguated?

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• ... that scientist, inventor, and poet Piet Hein (who often wrote under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel", meaning "tombstone") is known for short poems, known as gruks or grooks, such as Consolation Grook, which reads:
"Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again."?

• ... that the Disambiguum is a transdimensional corporation in which all things and all ideas are disambiguated?

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