Q. Why was New York City’s original area code 212? A. Because it was easy to dial. When area codes were introduced to speed the calling of long-distance numbers, telephones had rotary dials. The nearest digit to the dialing stopper, and thus the digit that could be dialed the quickest, was 1. Next came 2,… Continue reading Did you know: Area Codes
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Did you know: Numbers can be SEXY
For real! A sexy prime is a prime number that differs from another prime number by exactly 6. So, 5 and 11 are the first of many sexy primes. The largest known sexy prime has 11593 digits!!!! Numbers can also be completely irrational, twins, cousins, and imaginary. They have personality and familial traits, people!
My infinity is bigger than your infinity. My new tshirt idea, as inspired by German mathematician Georg Cantor and my math teacher Marshall.
Jen Bokoff 