The least number of goals scored in a World Cup was 70. (This happened in both 1930 and 1934, but of course there weren't as many matches in those days.)
The least number of goals scored in a World Cup was 70. (This happened in both 1930 and 1934, but of course there weren't as many matches in those days.)
The most number of goals scored in the World Cup tournament was in 1998 when a total of 171 goals were scored. (Note - That record still stands as only 145 goals were scored in the 2010 World Cup.)
Pi has been calculated to its two-quadrillionth digit. (Yes, using computers at Yahoo to crunch the numbers, a researcher, Nicholas Sze, has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of the mathematical constant pi. It took 23 days on 1,000 of Yahoo's computers, but don't try this at home, on a standard PC, the calculation would take around […]
111,111,111 multiplied by itself equals 12,345,678,987,654,321. (The result is the same forwards and backwards, and it contains all the numbers from 1 to 9, which first increase and then decrease. If you don't believe me, try it.) Thanks to Julliet
Roulette wheels used to be numbered 1 to 36, but in 1842, Frenchmen François and Louis Blanc added the "0" to the roulette wheel in order to achieve a house advantage. (And it gets worse, in the early 1800s, roulette was brought into the U.S. where, to further increase house odds, a second zero, "00", […]
If you add the numbers 1 to 36 on a roulette wheel, they add up to 666. ("666" is the "Number of the Beast".) Thanks to Drago.