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3 unusual facts about Shor


Altay people

The Altaians are represented as a totality of small Turkic peoples like the Altai-Kizhi, the Teleut, the Kumandin, the Chelkans, the Shor, etc.

Shor's algorithm

On the television show Stargate Universe, the lead scientist, Dr. Nicholas Rush, hoped to use Shor's algorithm to crack Destinys master code.

Shor's algorithm was also a correct answer to a question in a Physics Bowl competition in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture" of the TV series The Big Bang Theory.


Shorwell

The grounds of Northcourt Manor contain a spring, the Shor Well which feeds a stream, one of the tributaries of the Buddle Brook.


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