Half Term Geography Homework Fun…

Oct 27

MoggyEducation, Facts, Geography 1 Comment

The ideal location to live; the summit of Mayon volcano in Legazpi, Manila, Philippines.

Well, I am here, doing my A2 Geography homework (which, I have you know is a very interesting subject, and absolutely no connotations of it being boring are to be given off…!!), and in this past exam paper, I stumbled across a question that had me rather amused…

Living near an active volcano can be unsafe. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

The question itself is rather an interesting one, I could write the whole 7 marks it requires just on the pro’s of living near a volcano, but the question itself – as you’ve just read it – made me so just want to put the answer:

Very.

Some fun with Numbers!

Apr 14

MoggyEducation, Facts, Famous People No Comments

Some random number facts:

  • 1961 was the last year to read the same upside down as the right way up.
  • The next year to read the same upside down as the right way up will be 6009.
  • There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
  • There are 168 hours in a week.
  • A jiffy is equates to 1/100th of a second.
  • The Leaning Tower of Piza contains 294 steps
  • There are 6500 windows on the Empire State Building
Maths:
  • 111, 222, 333, 444, 555, 666, 777, 888 and 999 are all multiples of 37.
  • 111111111 multiplied by 111111111 equals 12345678987654321.
  • The numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666.
  • Two opposite sides of a dice always add up to 7.
  • Google is actually a number; where the digits are a 1, followed by one hundred 0’s. A Googleplex is a number with 1, followed by a thousand zero digits.
Some odds:
  • 285-1 : The odds of giving birth to identical twins
  • 8100-1 : The odds of giving birth to triplets
  • 729,000-1 : The odds of giving birth to quadruplets
  • 800,000-1 : The approximate odds of being struck by lightening
  • 649,739-1 : Odds of being dealt a royal flush in a game of poker
Odds of winning in the UK National Lottery:
  • 13,983,816-1 : All six numbers
  • 2,330,636-1 : Five numbers and a bonus ball
  • 55,492-1 : Five numbers
  • 1,033-1 : Four numbers
  • 57-1 : Three numbers
  • Therefore meaning you have more of a chance being struck by lightening than winning the national lottery jackpot!
Famous people with high IQ’s:
  • Madonna… 140.
  • Al Gore… 140.
  • Hugh Hefner… 152.
  • Carol Vorderman… 154.
  • Clive Sinclair… 159.
  • Quentin Taratino… 160.
  • Bill Gates… 160.
Estimated IQ’s of people in the past:
  • George Washington… 118.
  • Captain James Cook… 160.
  • Albert Einstein… 160.
  • Charles Darwin… 165.
  • Dr David Livingston… 170.
  • Charles Dickins… 180.
  • Michelangelo… 180.
  • Sir Issac Newton… 190.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci… 220.
Temperature Conversions:
  • Fahrenheit to Celsius = subtract 32, multiply by 5, divide by 9.
  • Celsius to Fahrenheit = multiply by 9, divide by 5, add 32.
Human Body Facts:
  • It takes 17 muscles to smile, and 43 to frown.
  • 85% of the human body comprises of water.
  • A sneeze can exceed speeds of 160km per hour.
  • A baby in the womb acquires it’s fingerprints at the age of 3 months.
  • Humans have 206 bones, but 300 when a baby.
  • Humans have 33 vertebrae.
  • There are over 3000 taste buds on the tongue.
  • On the average scalp are 100,000 hairs