“New York City received the area code 212 because it is the fastest code to dial using a rotary phone and New York is the most populous city in the United States. The next largest cities at the time were Chicago and Los Angeles. They received the next fastest numbers to dial, 312 and 213 respectively.”
[source]
“Jupiter is our solar system’’s largest planet. It is made almost entirely of gas and liquid. It has a distinctive feature on it called the Great Red Spot which is a giant storm in its atmosphere.”
[nasa.gov]
“There is an interesting pattern with the fractions of sevenths (1/7th, 2/7th, 3/7th, 4/7th, 5/7th, 6/7th.). First, there are only 6 digits that are used in these fractions, and they repeat. So, for example, 1/7th is equal to .142857142857142857….(it keeps going). but here’’s the cool part - to get 2/7th, you just find the next biggest number in that pattern and start there: .285714285714285714….etc. It works all the way up - 3/7th is 428571….., 4/7th is 571428….., 5/7th is 714285…… and 6/7th is 857142….. The second interesting part is that the 6 numbers used form an interesting pattern with the number 7. if you break them into groups of 2, you get 14 28 57. If you look closely, you”ll see that 7 times 2 is 14. 14 times 2 is 28, and 28 times 2 plus 1 is 57. Ok, not perfect, but interesting nonetheles.”
[http://www.patio-de-recreo.com/huh_142857.asp]
“A tigon is an artificially bred cross between a male tiger and a female lion.”
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon]
Did you know that the worlds oldest known joke dates back to 1900BC? It is a saying of the Sumerian people who lived in what is now Iraq.
“Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.”
