Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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The largest number ever usedThe largest number ever used (outside of playgrounds) is called Graham's Number, and is very, very large. No, larger than that. It far exceeds silly things like 'the number of particles in the universe', or googleplex or whatever.
A description is here, and it will make your head hurt:
www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/g/graham.htm
(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 15:43, Reply)
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