Tuesday, May 13, 2008

LET IT BE... OR ELSE!

Pure electricity, when photographed, shows up as a brightly glowing liquid droplet flowing inside a tiny crystal

Coffee, as a world commodity, is second only to oil

During conscription during WWII, there were 9 documented cases of male enlistees with three testicles

Except for 2 and 3, every prime number will eventually be divisible by 6 if you either add or subtract 1

For every degree of longitude there is a time gap of 4 minutes

Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" hung in the New York City's Museum of Modern Art for 47 days in 1961 before someone noticed it was upside down

If you take any number between 1 and 9, and multiply that number by 9, the sum of the two digit answer will always equal 9 (example: 7 x 9 = 63, and 6 + 3 = 9)

If you take any number and double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number then the answer will always be 5

First toy advertised on American television: Mr. Potato Head (1952)

Monday is the only day of the week that has an anagram: dynamo

Of the 267 men who have been Pope, 33 died violently

On July 4, 1776 King George III of England wrote in his diary: "Nothing of importance happened today"

Kuwait is about 60% male (highest in the world), while Latvia is about 54% female (highest in the world)

Most people in the world hear slightly better in their right ear

Pierre, South Dakota is the only U.S. state capital name that does not share any letter with the name of its state

Poland's Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewiecz) won the Women's 100-Meter race at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first female athlete to break the 12-second barrier... when she was killed in 1980 as an innocent victim in a failed robbery, the subsequent autopsy revealed she was male

For the first time in recorded history, the number of people on earth over age 60 now surpasses the people under age 5

More people die during the first week of the month than during the last

Actual term for your "pinky" finger: wanus

According to a 2007 survey of U.S. bar sales, the top ten most popular cocktails: Dry Martini, Manhattan, Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Gimlet, Diaquiri, Tom Collins, Old fashioned, Margarita, Screwdriver

About 1/3 of Americans flush the toilet while still sitting on it

Two hundred million atoms in a row would measure 1 inch

The average American is currently holding 3 grudges simultaneously against family, friends, colleagues, current or former employers, or others

Sequential 1's with 9
1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 + 10 = 1111111111


Sequential 8's with 9
9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888


Numeric Palindrome with 1's
1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321


Without 8
12345679 x 9 = 111111111
12345679 x 18 = 222222222
12345679 x 27 = 333333333
12345679 x 36 = 444444444
12345679 x 45 = 555555555
12345679 x 54 = 666666666
12345679 x 63 = 777777777
12345679 x 72 = 888888888
12345679 x 81 = 999999999


Sequential Inputs of 9
9 x 9 = 81
99 x 99 = 9801
999 x 999 = 998001
9999 x 9999 = 99980001
99999 x 99999 = 9999800001
999999 x 999999 = 999998000001
9999999 x 9999999 = 99999980000001
99999999 x 99999999 = 9999999800000001
999999999 x 999999999 = 999999998000000001



Sequential Inputs of 6
6 x 7 = 42
66 x 67 = 4422
666 x 667 = 444222
6666 x 6667 = 44442222
66666 x 66667 = 4444422222
666666 x 666667 = 444444222222
6666666 x 6666667 = 44444442222222
66666666 x 66666667 = 4444444422222222
666666666 x 666666667 = 444444444222222222


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