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Cicadas use prime numbers as an evolutionary strategy.

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The most prolific mathematician of the 20th Century, Paul Erdos, used amphetamine to fuel 20-hour number benders.

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Four is the only number in the English language that is spelled with the same number of letters as the number itself.

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2 And 5 Are the Only Prime Numbers That End With 2 And 5.

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Newton invented/discovered calculus in about the same amount of time the average student learns it.

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There are 177,147 ways to tie a tie, according to mathematicians.

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.

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Mathway.com solves all kinds of math homework problems with step-by-step explanations.

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Nearly 22lbs (9.979 kg) would weigh a million dollars in $100 bills.

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If you add up all the numbers consecutively from 1 to 100 (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050.

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Cicadas use prime numbers as an evolutionary strategy.

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The number 4 is considered unlucky in much of Asia.

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7 also shows up a lot in human culture.

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The most popular favorite number is 7.

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We tend to think of odd numbers as male and even numbers as female.

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10! seconds is exactly 6 weeks.

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If you write out pi to two decimal places, backwards it spells "pie".

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There are approximately 153,237 convenience stores in the United States. How convenient!

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The best pro baseball pitchers throw at around 100 miles per hour.

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A cheetah can run up to 76 miles per hour, and can go from 0 to 68 miles per hour in less than three seconds.

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Usain Bolt, one of the fastest runners alive, can sprint around 28 miles per hour.

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Squirrels can run at about 20 miles per hour.

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