A Problem Squared

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🐹 A Peanut Squared! 

šŸ“‡ How many words neatly shorten to letter-name versions?Ā 

šŸ”„ Was Michael Jackson's hair catching fire in a Pepsi ad the exact mid-point of his life?

šŸ’¼ And some Other Business.Ā 

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If you want to see the full Two Ronnies 'Swedish Made Simple' sketch, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3M1nppd3c

So you're 18+ and want to see Micheal Jackson's hair on fire in diorama form. Good news! You can do that on Bobby Fingers Youtube, right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHi479xN_po

Matt's video 'Was Michael Jackson's hair catching fire in a Pepsi ad the exact mid-point of his life?' can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUuGy5agBfg

And we welcome PEANUT to the APS family. The very first A Peanut Squared problem is - If peanut needs to eat 5 g of pellets every day, and hamsters live for two years, how many grams of pellets is Bec going to need over Peanut’s lifetime?Ā 

You can also get your DING' t-shirts here https://a-problem-squared.teemill.com.

If you'd like to find out which Muppet YOU are, just speed ahead of Matt and Bec and find that out here:Ā https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenlewis/which-muppet-are-you.

If YOU'VE got a problem or a solution, hit us up on our websiteĀ aproblemsquared.com.

And, finally, if you want want even more from A Problem Squared, find us onĀ TwitterĀ andĀ Instagram.

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A Problem SquaredBy Matt Parker, Bec Hill

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