Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite fact?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareApplesauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·8 days agoThere are more grains of sand in the ocean than there are stars in our solar system.
minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoThere’s more than one grain of sand in the ocean???1one
minus-squareCubbyTustard@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-27 days agoif you like big numbers: there are significantly more ways to shuffle a deck of 52 cards than there are atoms in the observable universe. Every shuffle of the deck is almost certainly unique since folks been shuffling cards. edit: ahh nice someone posted this exact fact at the top level lower down!
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoThere are about 8x10^67 ways to shuffle a deck of cards, and about 10^80 atoms in the observable universe, so there are actually far, far more atoms.
minus-squareGreyEyedGhost@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoI’m pretty happy about that. It’s warm enough.
There are more grains of sand in the ocean than there are stars in our solar system.
There’s more than one grain of sand in the ocean???1one
if you like big numbers: there are significantly more ways to shuffle a deck of 52 cards than there are atoms in the observable universe.
Every shuffle of the deck is almost certainly unique since folks been shuffling cards.
edit: ahh nice someone posted this exact fact at the top level lower down!
There are about 8x10^67 ways to shuffle a deck of cards, and about 10^80 atoms in the observable universe, so there are actually far, far more atoms.
thank you for the correction!
I’m pretty happy about that. It’s warm enough.