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Facts about number

Pawan Mishra
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1. Various random number facts are presented including that one loth has one poop per week on average, zero species of bats are blind, and five babies are born every second. 2. Specific numbers are highlighted including that three people have visited the bottom of the ocean, seven teaspoons of botulinum toxin could kill everyone on the planet, and one million years ago the first human-type creatures arrived in the UK. 3. Unusual facts about numbers like languages are mentioned such as 557 people speaking Cornish in England and Wales being more than the 100 speakers of Manx but less than the 1,700 speakers of Jerriais.

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際際滷 presented by : Pawan Mishra
10 awesome but totally random facts about numbers
Do you know how many babiesare born every second, the number of teaspoons ofbotulinumyou would need to killevery personon the planet or how many TVs MichelLotito atein his lifetime? Adam Frost, data nerd and the author ofThe Awesome Book on Awesomeness, revealsawesome number facts to wow your friends with
Facts about number
1. One
Itdoesntget betterthanNumberOne. Itsthe average number ofpoos asloth hasin a week. Itsthe numberof websites there were in 1991(todaythere areabout850 million). Its thenumber ofpeoplewholive in the townof Monowi,Nebraska.Itsthenumber of secondsit takes theMIT MediaLabcameratotake1 trillionpictures(it can photographthespeed of light).
2. Zero
Apparentlythe Greeks and theRomansnever usedzero. Howisthis possible?Inventedby theancientBabylonians, itis withoutquestion thegreatestnumberin theworld.Itsthe number ofspecies of bats whoare actuallyblind(out of1200 species).Itwas Henry VIsage when hebecameKingofEngland(he was nine monthsold).Also when hebecameKingofFrance (he waselevenmonthsold).Its the totalnumber of snakesin Ireland (exceptpets).Itsthe average numberoftimespersecond thatan albatrossflapsits wings(itcan spendup tosix days just glidingon aircurrents).
3. Three
Three is seen as a creepy numberin some cultures. In Vietnam, its apparently bad luck to have three people in a photo as the one in themiddle mightdie. Oh well I like it. Its thenumber of people who have been to the very bottom of theocean (the Mariana Trench). Compare thatto the 534 people who have been in space. Its (on average) the number of days you can survive without water, thenumber of weeks you can survive withouteating and the numberof minutesyou can survive withouttaking a breath.
4. Four
Four percentofpeoplein theworld haveouttiebelly buttons.And doyou know how oldDorothy Straightwas whenshe published her firstbook(How theWorldBegan)? Thatsright, four.Itsthenumber ofpeoplewholive ineach square kilometrein Canada(in the UKits 265people,in Hong Kongits7,000).Itsthenumberofmilesper second-PER SECOND! -thatspacejunk goes as itwhizzes around Earth (thatswhy a tinyspeckofitcandestroya space ship).
5. Five
Fiveis great. Its the numberof babies born every second. Here come anotherfive. And another.Its thelengthinmetres of a Great WhiteShark. Its also theaverage number of people who die from shark attacksevery year (compared to the 100 million sharks a year killed by humans).Its thenumber of mass extinctionsthatthe Earth has experienced (number five killed off thedinosaurs). The worlds largest hulahoop was five metres wide (Ashrita Furmanmanagedto spin it 3他times).
6. Seven
Ah, NumberSeven. Itsseenas lucky or mysticalin somecultures.It crops up allthetime.Seven days ofthe week.Seven DeadlySins. Seven Dwarvestoo.Itsalso the numberofTVs MichelLotitoatein thecourse of hislife(plus 18 bicycles, 15shoppingtrolleysand 1 Cessna lightaircraft). Itstheestimatednumber ofNorthernwhite rhinos there are leftin theworld.Itsthe number ofteaspoonsof botulinumyou wouldneedtokillevery personon theplanet (Botulinumis theworlds deadliestpoison. Some peopleinject a watered-downversion ofit botox intotheir foreheadstokill their wrinkles.Donttry thisat home).
7. 10
Humanchildren need around 10 hours of sleep a night(youd need two hours if you were a giraffe and twenty-twohours if you were a koala). 10 per cent of the world is left-handed.The worlds largestomelettewas 10 metreswide. 10 per centof people in theworld live on islands. The fleasthatlived on dinosaurs were 10 timesbigger thanthefleas you get today (not you personally- at least I hope not).
8. 1,000,000
These days, whenwehave trillions,quadrillionsand septillions,a goodold-fashionedmillioncan seema bit puny. Butitsstilla bigdeal if you likeweirdfacts.Forexample,a bloodhounds senseofsmellis saidtobeonemilliontimesstrongerthan ours (andgiven thatwe can detectonetrilliondifferentsmells,thatsnot tobesniffedat).One millionyears ago,thefirst human-typecreature (or hominid)arrived inthe UK according tothesefootprintsona Norfolkbeach.Itsthe numberofqueen antsthatwerefound in thelargestever antsnest (thesupercolony also had306millionworker ants andwas thesize of650footballpitches).
9. 1,000,000,000
In theUK,a billionusedtobea millionmillion(1,000,000,000,000). But theUS decideda billionshould bea thousandmillion (1,000,000,000).And theyre biggerthan us, sothey won.So a billion. Itsthenumber of peopletherewere in thewholeworld inthe year 1800 (there areseven billionnow). Itsthe number ofbacteria cells youd findin a singleteaspoonofsoil(mostofthemare harmless though).Andis$1billion alotofmoney?Notifyoure criminal Pablo Escobar. Ratsate$1billionofhis moneyevery year andhe didnteven notice.
10. 557
557peoplein EnglandandWales speakCornishasa first language.This is more thanthe 100competentspeakers of Manx (spoken on theIsle of Man)butfewer thanthe 1,700speakers of Jerriais(spoken in Jersey). Duw genes! (ThatsBye for nowin Cornish).
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  • 1. 際際滷 presented by : Pawan Mishra
  • 2. 10 awesome but totally random facts about numbers
  • 3. Do you know how many babiesare born every second, the number of teaspoons ofbotulinumyou would need to killevery personon the planet or how many TVs MichelLotito atein his lifetime? Adam Frost, data nerd and the author ofThe Awesome Book on Awesomeness, revealsawesome number facts to wow your friends with
  • 6. Itdoesntget betterthanNumberOne. Itsthe average number ofpoos asloth hasin a week. Itsthe numberof websites there were in 1991(todaythere areabout850 million). Its thenumber ofpeoplewholive in the townof Monowi,Nebraska.Itsthenumber of secondsit takes theMIT MediaLabcameratotake1 trillionpictures(it can photographthespeed of light).
  • 8. Apparentlythe Greeks and theRomansnever usedzero. Howisthis possible?Inventedby theancientBabylonians, itis withoutquestion thegreatestnumberin theworld.Itsthe number ofspecies of bats whoare actuallyblind(out of1200 species).Itwas Henry VIsage when hebecameKingofEngland(he was nine monthsold).Also when hebecameKingofFrance (he waselevenmonthsold).Its the totalnumber of snakesin Ireland (exceptpets).Itsthe average numberoftimespersecond thatan albatrossflapsits wings(itcan spendup tosix days just glidingon aircurrents).
  • 10. Three is seen as a creepy numberin some cultures. In Vietnam, its apparently bad luck to have three people in a photo as the one in themiddle mightdie. Oh well I like it. Its thenumber of people who have been to the very bottom of theocean (the Mariana Trench). Compare thatto the 534 people who have been in space. Its (on average) the number of days you can survive without water, thenumber of weeks you can survive withouteating and the numberof minutesyou can survive withouttaking a breath.
  • 12. Four percentofpeoplein theworld haveouttiebelly buttons.And doyou know how oldDorothy Straightwas whenshe published her firstbook(How theWorldBegan)? Thatsright, four.Itsthenumber ofpeoplewholive ineach square kilometrein Canada(in the UKits 265people,in Hong Kongits7,000).Itsthenumberofmilesper second-PER SECOND! -thatspacejunk goes as itwhizzes around Earth (thatswhy a tinyspeckofitcandestroya space ship).
  • 14. Fiveis great. Its the numberof babies born every second. Here come anotherfive. And another.Its thelengthinmetres of a Great WhiteShark. Its also theaverage number of people who die from shark attacksevery year (compared to the 100 million sharks a year killed by humans).Its thenumber of mass extinctionsthatthe Earth has experienced (number five killed off thedinosaurs). The worlds largest hulahoop was five metres wide (Ashrita Furmanmanagedto spin it 3他times).
  • 16. Ah, NumberSeven. Itsseenas lucky or mysticalin somecultures.It crops up allthetime.Seven days ofthe week.Seven DeadlySins. Seven Dwarvestoo.Itsalso the numberofTVs MichelLotitoatein thecourse of hislife(plus 18 bicycles, 15shoppingtrolleysand 1 Cessna lightaircraft). Itstheestimatednumber ofNorthernwhite rhinos there are leftin theworld.Itsthe number ofteaspoonsof botulinumyou wouldneedtokillevery personon theplanet (Botulinumis theworlds deadliestpoison. Some peopleinject a watered-downversion ofit botox intotheir foreheadstokill their wrinkles.Donttry thisat home).
  • 17. 7. 10
  • 18. Humanchildren need around 10 hours of sleep a night(youd need two hours if you were a giraffe and twenty-twohours if you were a koala). 10 per cent of the world is left-handed.The worlds largestomelettewas 10 metreswide. 10 per centof people in theworld live on islands. The fleasthatlived on dinosaurs were 10 timesbigger thanthefleas you get today (not you personally- at least I hope not).
  • 20. These days, whenwehave trillions,quadrillionsand septillions,a goodold-fashionedmillioncan seema bit puny. Butitsstilla bigdeal if you likeweirdfacts.Forexample,a bloodhounds senseofsmellis saidtobeonemilliontimesstrongerthan ours (andgiven thatwe can detectonetrilliondifferentsmells,thatsnot tobesniffedat).One millionyears ago,thefirst human-typecreature (or hominid)arrived inthe UK according tothesefootprintsona Norfolkbeach.Itsthe numberofqueen antsthatwerefound in thelargestever antsnest (thesupercolony also had306millionworker ants andwas thesize of650footballpitches).
  • 22. In theUK,a billionusedtobea millionmillion(1,000,000,000,000). But theUS decideda billionshould bea thousandmillion (1,000,000,000).And theyre biggerthan us, sothey won.So a billion. Itsthenumber of peopletherewere in thewholeworld inthe year 1800 (there areseven billionnow). Itsthe number ofbacteria cells youd findin a singleteaspoonofsoil(mostofthemare harmless though).Andis$1billion alotofmoney?Notifyoure criminal Pablo Escobar. Ratsate$1billionofhis moneyevery year andhe didnteven notice.
  • 24. 557peoplein EnglandandWales speakCornishasa first language.This is more thanthe 100competentspeakers of Manx (spoken on theIsle of Man)butfewer thanthe 1,700speakers of Jerriais(spoken in Jersey). Duw genes! (ThatsBye for nowin Cornish).