You cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times!
A mathematical wonder: 12345679 x 18 = 222222222
Let's say you were looking to hire someone, and I told you that I would work for a month if you would pay me 1 penny the first day and double that amount each day after that for a month, and that would be my pay. Would you hire me? Do the math!
A mathematical wonder with the number 142857... 142857 x 1 = 142857 | 142857 x 2 = 285714 | 142857 x 3 = 428571 | 142857 x 4 = 571428 | 142857 x 5 = 714285 | 142857 x 6 = 857142.
If computers were cars, we would all be walking.
All the gold that has been mined by every known civilisation in history could fit into a cube 18 metres tall, wide and deep.
A bullet fired parallel across flat land will strike the ground at thesame time as if it simply dropped out of the barrel.
A mathematical wonder: 12345679x8 = 98765432
A mule's eyes are positioned so that it can see all four feet at once.
There have been more dollars lost from fire, than there have been seconds in time.
Did you know that the computer named "HAL" from the movie "2001" - The letters H - A - L are just one letter off from the letters - I B M !
Friday, September 25, 2009
Amazing Facts
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Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur" a small red car can be seen in the distance.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
A snail can sleep for three years.
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
A mathematical wonder: 111.111.111 multiplied by 111.111.111 gives the result 12.345.678.987.654.321.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple.
Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Sherlock Holmes never did say "Elementary, my dear Watson."
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
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