All the Effects
Famous Mathematicians
Lesser known Disney Films
Weird Literature
Wait...That's the Real Capital?
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The name of this psychological phenomenon refers to when people are more likely to do or believe certain trends or ideas because others are as well.

Bandwagon effect

100

This mathematician was a pioneer in the field of geometry and created the foundational textbook for the field, known as "Elements." 

Euclid 

100

This 1973 animated movie features anthropomorphic animals and is based off of a famous English folklore tale about a heroic outlaw

Robin Hood

100

This classic 1922 novel by James Joyce follows a group of individuals over a single day in Dublin and explicitly borrows its structure from the Greek epic The Odyssey

Ulysses

100

Some people think that Toronto is Canada's capital, but it's actually...

Ottawa

200

This effect in quantum physics refers to when systems are disrupted due to observance and is attributed to a famous study involving waves and photons

Observer effect

200

This mathematician is known for introducing modern math notation (including f(x) and pi), founded graph theory, and has a famous math constant named after him

Leonhard Euler

200

In 1999, Disney released a sequel to this classic animated anthology film made back in 1940 that featured musical scores alongside animated sequences.

Fantasia

200

This book published in 1939 by James Joyce (again) is famous for being considered one of the hardest books to ever read due to its incomprehensible diction that combines over 60 languages as well as its dreamlike plot

Finnegan's Wake

200

Some people think that Sydney is Australia's capital, but it's actually...

Canberra 

300

This effect in probability and statistics occurs when there is a trend in data that disappears with the addition of different groups (e.g. admission of people by gender versus admission of people by gender per each department)

Yule-Simpson effect/Simpson's Paradox

300

This mathematician is known to have created the first computer algorithm and thus became the first computer programmer.

Ada Lovelace

300

This 2002 Sci-Fi animated movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel earned a Oscar nomination but ultimately bombed at the box office. 

Treasure Planet

300

This book published in 2000 by Mark Z. Danielewski is known for its unique layout that requires the reader to traverse the text's structure. It is about a house that seems far larger on the inside than outside. 

House of Leaves

300

Some people think that Auckland is New Zealand's capital, but it's actually...

Wellington

400

This effect refers to when high expectations lead to improved performance in a certain area, often described as a self-fulfilling prophecy

Pygmalion effect

400

This mathematician made several major contributions to various fields, including number theory, statistics, and algebra. He is responsible for discovering the bell curve and the fundamental theory of algebra. He has a method in linear algebra named after him. 

Carl Friedrich Gauss

400

This 1985 dark fantasy animated movie bombed at the box office and nearly caused the studio to shut down

The Black Cauldron

400

This 1979 book written by Italo Calvino is famous for being written in the second person and having a plot about reading books. 

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

400

Some people think that Istanbul is Türkiye's capital, but it's actually...

Ankara

500

This effect refers to when individuals place a higher importance and value on object that they have partially created. It is named after a certain retail store.

IKEA effect

500

This mathematician established algebra as a major field of mathematics and introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals to the West

Al-Khwarizmi

500

This hybrid live-action and animated movie took place during World War II and featured elements of witchcraft. It is based off the books by Mary Norton.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

500

This book is famous for not containing a single word that has the letter 'e' in it. It was written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright. 

Gadsby

500
Some people think that Lagos is Nigeria's capital, but it's actually...

Abuja