Interesting Fact – Numbers
The Fibonacci numbers…
Interesting Number – 99
If you hear a Brit ask for a “99”, they are ordering a special kind of ice cream. Usually sold from ice-cream vans, they should be made with soft, rather than scooped, ice cream, into which a chocolate Flake bar is inserted, typically at a 45-degree angle. (In 1930 Cadbury started producing a smaller version […]
Interesting Fact – Insect Numbers
Insects outnumber humans 200 million to one! (Insects make up more than half of all living things on Earth, There are about 900,000 known insect species, three times as many as all other animal species together, and thousands of new ones are discovered each year. Scratch scratch.)
Interesting Fact # 700 – Number Plates
The sale of personalised licence plates by HM Government has raised £1.2bn to date. (Short plates that spell out names are the most popular.)
Interesting Fact # 843 – Big Numbers
In the American numbering system, a million has six zeros, a billion has nine zeros, a trillion has 12 zeros and after that? Quadrillion: 15 zerosQuintillion: 18 zerosSextillion: 21 zerosSeptillion: 24 zeros