Hawaii moves 7.5 cm closer to Alaska every year.
It takes 8 minutes and 19 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.
If you ask a person to give you any number less than 4 and then give you the name of any vegetable, 76% of the people asked will say,
"3, carrot".
Try it.
In Jamaica, it's 3.14
In Barbados, it's 22/7
In Cuba, it's 3
These are the pi-rates of the Caribbean.
If you meet a wizard and he gives you these two choices:
1) you can have £1 on the 1st day, £2 on the 2nd day, £3 on the 3rd day etc (an extra £1 each day) until day 30
or
2) you can have 1p on the 1st day, 2p on the 2nd day, 4p on the 3rd day, 8p on the 4th day etc (the money doubles each day) until day 30
be careful which one you choose.
With choice (1) you end up with £465.
With choice (2) you end up with over 10 million pounds!
Any map can be coloured with only 4 colours so that no two regions that touch are the same colour.
How do you calculate the circumference of a sheep?
Use shepherd's pi.
A standard football is made up of pentagons and hexagons.
There are 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons.
A 19-sided shape is called an enneadecagon.
This site uses cookies that enable us to make improvements, provide relevant content, and for analytics purposes. For more details, see our Cookie Policy. By clicking Accept, you consent to our use of cookies by us and third party code embedded within this site. To change your consent, click the "Update Cookie Consent" link at the bottom of the webpage at any time.