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SpongeBob SquarePants’ Pineapple Abode: Mathematically Impossible?

YouTube personality and self-proclaimed “mathemusician” Vi Hart is arguing that Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants does not live in an actual pineapple—and she’s made a video to prove it.

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Reading While Eating for January 12: Speak Up

Thursday’s links talk tax challenges, campaign promises and career advice.

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Reading While Eating for September 15: Hip to Be Square

Thursday’s links talk criminal SpongeBob and “sleep boxes” at airports.

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Introducing SpongeBob SquarePants — The Fungus

A newly discovered mushroom species has been named after the beloved cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. It’s official title: spongiforma squarepantsii.