A UK mathematician has debunked a 2,000-year-old myth claiming the Parthenon's curved base and bulging columns correct optical illusions. Prof Alain Goriely found no evidence that the supposed illusions exist or are perceptible, tracing the myth back to Roman architect Vitruvius who wrote about the temple 400 years after its construction.
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Iraqi Jews, originating in Iraq and spreading to Israel, the US, UK, Canada, and Australia following Jewish migration. The language had 94,000 speakers in Israel as of 2018, though most Iraqi Jews have since adopted Modern Hebrew as their primary language.