Infinite Infinities and Lucky Sevens: 13 Mathemagical Number Facts

They may have their negatives and their positives, but one thing's for sure, you can always count on numbers! One plus: there's more than enough digits for everyone to share. Like all of them. The concept of numbers is infinite. Even if you count backwards into decimals or even negative figures. The cycle doesn't end, even at 0. More or less, there is always the potential for more even if the starting point is beyond the concept of “nothing.”

But numbers should unite us, not divide. Everything comes in 3s. Hi-fives. 10 out of 10. 12 days of Christmas. Lordy, lordy, look who's 40. 50 nifty United States from 13 original colonies. True, blue 100%. Hell, we all give it 110%!

Numbers can grow so big and make you feel very small, very finite, and very insignificant, but please know that you are one in a million.

Here's 13 fun facts about figures to multiply your knowledge.

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM THE NUMBER 4 IS SEEN AS UNLUCKY IN CHINA. 170 16 15 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 CHINESE BUILDINGS SKIP ALL FLOOR NUMBERS THAT CONTAIN A 4, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH 13. IN TALL BUILDINGS, THE FLOOR COUNT JUMPS FROM 39 TO 50! — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A SURVEY ASKED 30,000 PEOPLE FOR THEIR FAVORITE NUMBER. o 9 3 9 C 4 8 8 1 2 2 7 4 ^ o 3 9 9 8 3 4 5 4 7 9 8 5 5 6 5 9 6 5 5 4 4 5 ما A 8 c 6 2 1 2 6 3 6 5 9 4 5 7 1 4 7 5 9 9 5 5 9 1 7 8 3 8 9 9 4 4 7 ٤ 1 O 8 ح I 3 L 6 o 8 3 ح 2 2 6 1 — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM THE OPPOSITE OF INFINITY ISN'T ZERO, IT'S INFINITESIMAL. 81 H INFINITY IS THE NUMBER LARGER THAN ALL OTHER NUMBERS. INFINITESIMAL IS THE NUMBER SMALLER THAN ALL OTHERS, BUT STILL LARGER THAN ZERO. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIZES OF INFINITIES. A COUNTABLE INFINITY IS WHEN YOU START AT ONE AND COUNT UPWARDS FOREVER. AN UNCOUNTABLE INFINITY IS WHEN YOU TRY TO COUNT ALL THE DECIMALS BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE, BUT CAN'T BECAUSE THERE'S NO SMALLEST NUMBER TO START FROM. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A RATIONAL NUMBER CAN BE WRITTEN DOWN AS A RATIO, LIKE 3/7. AN IRRATIONAL NUMBER CAN'T BE EXPRESSED THAT WAY - LIKE THE SQUARE ROOT OF TWO, OR PI. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ANCIENT MATHEMATICIAN PYTHAGORAS HAD THE MAN WHO REVEALED THE EXISTENCE OF IRRATIONAL NUMBERS DROWNED. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM IN SOME WAYS, THE NUMBERS WE USE TO COUNT WITH ARE UNUSUAL. 3.141592653589793238462643383279502 88419716939937510582097494459230781 64062862089986280348253421170679821 48086513282306647093844609550582231 72535940812848111745028410270193852 ALMOST ALL NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY TRANSCENDENTAL, MEANING THERE'S A DECIMAL FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITE STRING OF SEEMINGLY RANDOM DIGITS, LIKE PI. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM A THOUSAND SECONDS IS ABOUT 16 MINUTES. 12 Al III IN 9 3 12 11 10 - mella A MILLION SECONDS IS ABOUT ONE AND A HALF WEEKS. A BILLION SECONDS IS ALMOST 32 YEARS. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM IN CHINESE THERE ARE TWO WAYS OF WRITING DOWN EACH DIGIT. HIGH 23 1 THERE'S THE SIMPLE VERSION IN COMMON USE, AND A MORE COMPLEX VERSION USED ON CONTRACTS AND BANKNOTES. THE COMPLEX VERSION IS USED TO AVOID CHEATERS ALTERING NUMBERS AFTER THE FACT. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM™ ROMAN NUMERALS REPRESENT THE NUMBERS 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 AND 1000. IVXLCD M 1 5 10 50 100 500 1000 ROMANS USED AN S TO SHOW ONE HALF, AND DOTS TO INDICATE TWELFTHS. MDCLXVIS. = 1666 AND 7/12 — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM IN MANY REAL-WORLD DATA SETS, THE FIRST DIGIT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE 1, AND IS LIKELY TO BE 9. 123 LEAST 579 468 FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEIGHTS OF THE TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD USUALLY START WITH 1, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER MEASURING IN METERS OR FEET. THIS APPLIES TO EVERYTHING FROM STREET ADDRESSES TO STOCK PRICES TO LENGTHS OF RIVERS. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM WE USE A BASE TEN NUMBER SYSTEM, BUT WITH A BASE TWELVE SYSTEM IT IS ACTUALLY EASIER TO DO SOME MATH AND FRACTIONS. IN BASE TWELVE, ONE-THIRD IS WRITTEN AS 0.4 INSTEAD OF 0.333... THE DOZENAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA PROMOTES SWITCHING OVER TO A BASE 12 SYSTEM. — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM 0.9999... EQUALS 1 0.999999999999 999999 9999999999999 999999 9999999999999 999999 999999999999 999999 9999999999999 999999 999999999999 99999 999999999 99 ONE THIRD = 0.33333... TWO THIRDS = 0.66666... THREE THIRDS = 0.99999... — Source

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NUMBER FACTS CRACKED.COM BEHOLD, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EQUATION IN THE WORLD! in 1 + e =0 NO, I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU. — Source

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