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The company logo on  Google 's homepage today resembles a calculator display in honor of Shakuntala Devi, mental calculator also known as the "Human Computer". Born in Bangalore, India on November 4, 1929, Devi had the ability to memorize numbers and perform complex calculations from an early age. She toured the world demonstrating her capabilities in the 1950s and 1970s, and won several contests against a computer, including being the quicker to calculate the cube root of 188,132,517. SEE ALSO:  Google Maps Helps Man Reunite With Long-Lost Family in Heartwarming Ad Devi wrote several books on puzzles, numbers and memory, as well as the first study of homosexuality released in India, The World of Homosexuals, stemming from her  marriage  to a homosexual man. She died in April 2013 due to respiratory and cardiac problems. Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. Image: Google The Christmas Google Doodle Each pack...

When it comes to  Instagram , it's difficult to find a celebrity who  doesn't  fill his or her feed with glamorous selfies. But the celebrities we love to follow the most on the photo sharing site are the ones who embrace the #tbt hashtag (Throwback Thursday), showing us glimpses of their lives  before  they were rich and famous. Here are 10 celeb #tbt pics that take us way back to a simpler time — a time before the Age of the Kardashian, when Aziz Ansari hadn't yet cracked his first joke and James Van der Beek was still settling the land west of the Mississippi. 1.  Ludacris Ludacris has clearly been a badass since day one. 2.  Drake Drake failed to mention that the bottom he started from was this adorable. 3.  Lori Loughlin Lori Loughlin reminisces about the Hawaii episode of  Full House  with this photo, featuring a young  Mary Kate   Ashley  Olsen twin. 4.  Chelsea Handler Everyone's ...

Artist  Christian Jackson boils down classic children's tales to one simple element. Jackson's minimalist fairy tale posters tell a story without cramming all sorts of distracting visual details around the title. The result is mature versions of playful stories. This is Jackson's second collection of minimalist art, which includes  Cinderella  and  The Little Mermaid . For the grown up princess decorating their modern castle, these beautiful works are available for purchase on the artist's  website . Cinderella IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON Beauty and the Beast IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON The Emperor's New Clothes IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON The Frog Prince IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON Jack and the Beanstalk IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON The Little Mermaid IMAGE:  CHRISTIAN JACKSON Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. http://mashable.com/2013/10/19/min...