
1729: smallest integer expressible as sum of two cubes in two distinct ways
1729: smallest integer expressible as sum of two cubes in two distinct ways
A prime number cannot be divided evenly by any number except 1 and itself — the largest known has 24 million digits
Prime numbers are indivisible by any number other than 1 and themselves, with the largest known having 24 million digits
A googol is 10^100 — Google was named after it (misspelled)
Google's name, derived from a misspelling of "googol," represents 10^100
The Fibonacci sequence appears in sunflower seed patterns, pinecones, and galaxy spirals
Fibonacci sequence manifests in natural spirals and growth patterns
The word 'algorithm' comes from al-Khwarizmi, a 9th-century Persian mathematician
'Algorithm' derives from Al-Khwarizmi's name, pioneering mathematician
Pi has been calculated to over 100 trillion digits — but 39 digits is enough to measure the observable universe to the width of a hydrogen atom
Pi's 39-digit approximation measures universe's width to hydrogen atom's size
The first computer bug was an actual bug — a moth found in a Harvard Mark II relay in 1947
A moth caused a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947
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