1. -40 is the only point at which the fahrenheit and centigrade scales meet. -40F is the same as -40C.
2. 23888 is the largest number representable with standard Roman numeral notation. In Roman numerals it appears:MMMDCCCLXXXVIII.
3. The Duke of Wellington’s London home at Aspley House had the address Number One, London, as it was the first house one came across after tollgates at the top of Knightsbridge.
4. The Biblical Book of Numbers takes its name from two censuses numbering the people of Israel.
5. If you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, the answer comes to 666, the Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation.
6. A car number plate bearing only the number ‘1’ sold for £7.1million at a charity auction in the United Arab Emirates in February, 2008.
7. Forty is the only number which when spelled out in English has its letters in alphabetical order.
8. The highest number that can be spelled out without using any letter more than once is five thousand. The next highest is eighty-four.
9. The word ‘hundred’ derives from ‘hundra’ in Old Norse, which originally meant 120.
10. 12 + 3 – 4 + 5 + 67 + 8 + 9 = 100.
2. 23888 is the largest number representable with standard Roman numeral notation. In Roman numerals it appears:MMMDCCCLXXXVIII.
3. The Duke of Wellington’s London home at Aspley House had the address Number One, London, as it was the first house one came across after tollgates at the top of Knightsbridge.
4. The Biblical Book of Numbers takes its name from two censuses numbering the people of Israel.
5. If you add up all the numbers on a roulette wheel, the answer comes to 666, the Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation.
6. A car number plate bearing only the number ‘1’ sold for £7.1million at a charity auction in the United Arab Emirates in February, 2008.
7. Forty is the only number which when spelled out in English has its letters in alphabetical order.
8. The highest number that can be spelled out without using any letter more than once is five thousand. The next highest is eighty-four.
9. The word ‘hundred’ derives from ‘hundra’ in Old Norse, which originally meant 120.
10. 12 + 3 – 4 + 5 + 67 + 8 + 9 = 100.
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