[Mathematics fact 1] In 2012, a mathematician named Vi Hart sent an open letter to Nickelodeon proving Spongebob's Pineapple was geometrically impossible. Pineapple designer Kenny Pittenger responded on his blog (in video description) by posting a new "mathematically correct" design. This new design is now used on the show.
[Mathematics fact 2] 6174 is Kaprekar's constant. If you have a 4 digit number with at least 2 distinct digits, order the numbers within it in ascending and descending order, subtract the smaller number from the larger, and repeat with the result, you'll eventually always end up with 6174.
[Mathematics fact 3] NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atom.
[Mathematics fact 4] Bill Gates wrote his school's computer program for scheduling students in their classes. He edited it so he would end up sitting with female students.
[Mathematics fact 5] The percent symbol (%) is supposed to be a fraction of zero over zero. There are higher symbols such as the permille sign (‰) and others for smaller percentages.
[Mathematics fact 6] In 1999, a child chess prodigy named Joshua Waitzkin, a subject of the film "Searching for Bobby Fischer", gave up chess and took up Aikido. In 2004, he won the world champion title in the competitive sport of Taiji Push Hands.
[Mathematics fact 7] A German mathematician named Johann Gustav Hermes spent a decade writing a 200-page manuscript about drawing a regular 65537 sided polygon with a compass and a straightedge.
[Mathematics fact 8] Terrence Howard thinks 1x1=2. He has detailed a system called "Terryology" that he believes is "true universal math". For a time he also devoted up to 17 hours a day to cutting up wires and plastic to form building-block-like contraptions he believes will bring truth to the universe.
[Mathematics fact 9] Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which prompted his teachers to believe that he was cheating.
[Mathematics fact 10] I, V, X, L, C, D, M aren't the only letters used in Roman numerals; "S" is used to represent ½ along with dots for other fractions.
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