Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Groucho]

That has given me a migrane that. Thanks Grouch.

Oh, one of my two cats is gay. Fact. Keeps trying to bum his brother. Actually they might both be come to think of it.

*calls AF for advice*

It's ok, I hate maths too.

 

[roydo]

It's ok, I hate maths too.

What, the cats? Good grief.

Back on topic. I am 49 on monday. That is exactly 49 years since I was born. (Wish I could move that flaming number 9)

 

[DualityNSNO]

What, the cats? Good grief.

Back on topic. I am 49 on monday. That is exactly 49 years since I was born. (Wish I could move that flaming number 9)

Have some "49" related facts then!


The sum of the digits of the square of 49 (2401) is the square root of 49.

49 to the power 49 is a very large number - 66,009,724,686,219,550,843,768,321,818,371,771,650,147,004,059,278,069,406,814,190,436,565,131,829,325,062,449, which just happens to end in "49".

The Forty-Nine was the first chartered steamboat to sail the Columbia River in British Columbia.

49 is a "Happy Number" since its Happy Number sequence terminates in 1. To start the sequence, square the digits of the number, add the squares to form a new number, then repeat. If you eventually get 1, the number you started with is called a Happy Number. Beginning with the number 49 we get
49 -> 4^2 + 9^2 = 97
97 -> 9^2 + 7^2 = 130
130 -> 1^2 + 3^2 + 0^2 = 10
10 -> 1^2 + 0^2 = 1

 

[The Esk]

49 squared is a very large number - 66,009,724,686,219,550,843,768,321,818,371,771,650,147,004,059,278,069,406,814,190,436,565,131,829,325,062,449, which just happens to end in "49".

49 squared is 2401

the number you quoted is 49 to the power of 49

Interesting stuff though - thanks!

 

[roydo]

Have some "49" related facts then!


The sum of the digits of the square of 49 (2401) is the square root of 49.

49 squared is a very large number - 66,009,724,686,219,550,843,768,321,818,371,771,650,147,004,059,278,069,406,814,190,436,565,131,829,325,062,449, which just happens to end in "49".

The Forty-Nine was the first chartered steamboat to sail the Columbia River in British Columbia.

49 is a "Happy Number" since its Happy Number sequence terminates in 1. To start the sequence, square the digits of the number, add the squares to form a new number, then repeat. If you eventually get 1, the number you started with is called a Happy Number. Beginning with the number 49 we get
49 -> 4^2 + 9^2 = 97
97 -> 9^2 + 7^2 = 130
130 -> 1^2 + 3^2 + 0^2 = 10
10 -> 1^2 + 0^2 = 1

Dies a bit inside.

*then orders a sports car for the mid life crisis looming*

 

[DualityNSNO]

49 squared is 2401

the number you quoted is 49 to the power of 49

Interesting stuff though - thanks!

I did have to read/do a lot of maths today AND just now though... Sorry!

And well spotted, cheers for that!

 

[toffeejack]

The first episode of South Park was made from construction paper and took 3 months.

3000 people auditioned for Afghan Model in 2009 - 10 were women.

On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead, they played piano music.

yes, think i have an extra with the makers showing this process. in the opening credits you can clearly see hands and paper which means groucho's ttelling the truth guys

 

[Groucho]

yes, think i have an extra with the makers showing this process. in the opening credits you can clearly see hands and paper which means groucho's ttelling the truth guys

I've never intentionally posted an incorrect fact.

Tenuous perhaps, but never intentionally (crucial, that) incorrect.

 

[The Esk]

You can cut a cake into 8 pieces with 3 movements of the knife

 

[toffeejack]

I've never intentionally posted an incorrect fact.

Tenuous perhaps, but never intentionally (crucial, that) incorrect.

groucho i don't know half of those words you just said haha.

i know you'd never do such a thing

 

[The Esk]

Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass (on paper) you can do with a compass alone

 

[FTY]

@Groucho / @the esk

Is there any GOT facts/secrets that as mods you'd be able to share?

Nothing too serious, obvs.

 

[toffeejack]

Everything you can do with a ruler and a compass (on paper) you can do with a compass alone

tru story, my mate named his cat compass.

so that when he needed to call her he would just say compass (pronounced come puss). guess it would confuse a cat if it was being told come puss as well as occasionally by it's name???

 

[The Esk]

Ok - what is the minimum size of a group to have at least a 50% chance of 2 people sharing the same birthday?

 

[DualityNSNO]

Ok - what is the minimum size of a group to have at least a 50% chance of 2 people sharing the same birthday?

I've seen that before, and IIRC have done this in maths a few years ago. Is it 23 or something in the "20"s?