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Chilver- a female lamb.
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This one always makes my mind blow-
There are more ways to arrange a pack of playing cards than there are atoms in our galaxy.
No, that can not possibly be right!Chilver- a female lamb.
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This one always makes my mind blow-
There are more ways to arrange a pack of playing cards than there are atoms in our galaxy.
Well, you got me there. I'm clearly not as expertised as you are in female lambs/rhyming words.
They all laughed at me, but I knew those two weeks spent at rhyming camp would pay off one day.
Well you have to allow for some approximation. I believe there are an estimated 10^78 atoms in the observable universe, and an estimated 10^11 galaxies. So that's about 10^67 atoms per galaxy (assuming th are all the same size!).
Number of permutations of 52 playing cards is 52! = 8x10^67.
There's argument over the numbers, but however you cut it it's mind blowing!
~5252 or 1.71E+089.
Sorry, can't superscript without posting an attachment.
EDIT: This is to the 8th power, the last actual number my speadsheet would give me.
53,459,728,531,456 (Hey look, it's the U.S. National Debt.
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There are more ways to arrange a pack of playing cards than there are atoms in our galaxy.
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Oh never mind.
I edited the fact. Diet Coke is mainly Aspartame and Coke Zero is mainly Ace-K. I also added some more information about the differences.
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- There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
- "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
- Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
It's 52x51x50...3x2x1 = 52! (Pronounced 52 factorial). Not 52^52. Unless we are just trying for a who can name the biggest number contest!
How would said Mathematician pronounce that?
I was taught "en-plus-one-th".
Good To Know
The next time I see my math wiz buddy I can amaze him with something I completely fail to understand, but can at least say
The next time I see my math wiz buddy I can amaze him with something I completely fail to understand, but can at least say
How would said Mathematician pronounce that?
This, where "one-th" rhymes with "month."
Great, now I'm going to get home and immediately start poking my 3-year-old in the knees for 20 minutes.
Margaret Thatcher was (indirectly) responsible for the creation of 'Mr Whippy' soft-scoop Ice Cream.
From the Mr Whippy Web site:
One important development in the 20th century was the introduction of soft ice cream (like Mr Whippy uses!). A chemical research team in Britain (of which a young Margaret Thatcher was a member) discovered a method of doubling the amount of air in ice cream, which allowed manufacturers to use less of the actual ingredients, thereby reducing costs. This ice cream was also very popular amongst consumers who preferred the lighter texture, and most major ice cream brands now use this manufacturing process. It also made possible the soft ice cream machine in which a cone is filled beneath a spigot on order.
Thanks to @MarksLarks
From the Mr Whippy Web site:
One important development in the 20th century was the introduction of soft ice cream (like Mr Whippy uses!). A chemical research team in Britain (of which a young Margaret Thatcher was a member) discovered a method of doubling the amount of air in ice cream, which allowed manufacturers to use less of the actual ingredients, thereby reducing costs. This ice cream was also very popular amongst consumers who preferred the lighter texture, and most major ice cream brands now use this manufacturing process. It also made possible the soft ice cream machine in which a cone is filled beneath a spigot on order.
Thanks to @MarksLarks
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Unless you're from Oireland, when due to the Southern Irish pronunciation it sounds like 'munt'. There's BOUND to be a word that rhymes with that, somewhere.
If I type ' stewardesses' with both hands, am I breaking some law somewhere?
A sporange is a container or pod full of spores. The bilva is a tree sacred to Shiva, also called the bael or stone apple. The ****h is a fractional measurement used in the construction industry, allegedly, although in my parlance it is usually a gnat's whisker or a smidgen.
I've heard this one as well - it's a shortened form of c---hair, meant to be "a very very slim amount."
That is not made up or intended to be a joke.
Farts are created mostly by E. coli.
On the average a fart is composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. Less than 1% is what makes them stink.
The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
Although they won't admit it, women fart as much as men.
Termites are the largest producers of farts.
Farts are flammable.
The word "fart" comes from the Old English "feortan" (meaning "to break wind").
Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed "flatulence."
On the average a fart is composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. Less than 1% is what makes them stink.
The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
Although they won't admit it, women fart as much as men.
Termites are the largest producers of farts.
Farts are flammable.
The word "fart" comes from the Old English "feortan" (meaning "to break wind").
Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed "flatulence."