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Just read a news scroll claiming some new study gives that as their estimate
so, how many grains of sand on Earth?
so, how many grains of sand on Earth?
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i believe it's 300 sextillion and 42, but i could of miscounted by one or two
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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nothing without sex, even the stars
Socrates: "Good is That at which all things aim, If one knows what the good is, one will always do what is good." Brian: "Romanes eunt domus"
GW 2013: "and juistin bieber is gay with me and we have 10 kids we live in u.s.a in the white house with obama"Comment
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somebody right that out with zeros please I have no idea what it means
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a) It's a 3 followed by 23 0s
b) If we assume that the earth is covered by sand to a depth of 10 m, that it is packed with density 1, that an individual sand grain is a cube 0.5mm on a side, we get that there are approximately 4 followed by 24 0s grains of sand on Earth
c) Technically, this is an estimate of the number of stars in the visible universe. The universe may well be infinite12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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23 is like the exponent of choice for people who try to confuse with the magnitude of numbers... that or 28, I can't rememberComment
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No one would read about it if they didn't mention sex.Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave View Postnothing without sex, even the starsComment
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How many of the stars are brown?“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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6.022x10^23 is Avogadro's Number, which isn't that far from the current estimate.Originally posted by Japher View Post
A mole of stars!No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Sex with reptilians
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"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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