Category: tidbits

If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

There are 2, 598, 960 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards. http://www.jayp.net/trivia/science1.htm

Paleolithic people in central Europe recorded the first numbers on bones.

In a group of 23 people, at least two have the same birthday with a probability greater than ½. http://www.cut-the-knot.org/do_you_know/index.shtml

Singer Art Garfunkel holds an MA in mathematics from Columbia. He started on his PhD, but quit in order to pursue a career in music.