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Researchers at The Australian National University have developed the fastest random number generator in the world by listening to the 'sounds of silence'. 
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What other amazing properties of Wau can you think of? Leave them in the comments.
Martin Daumiller's comment,
February 12, 2012 3:15 PM
Quite an "onesided" presentation of this ancient number... :)
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6174 is also known as Kaprekar's Constant. This video features University of Nottingham physics professor Roger Bowley, who is also featured on our Sixty Symbols channel at http://www.youtube.com/sixtysymbols
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666 (and sometimes 616) is the notorious Number of the Beast... what's all that about? And what has roulette got to do with it!? Pete Watts shares all sorts ...
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Chinese consumers pay too much for goods and services because of superstitions surrounding particular numbers, Binghamton University economist Zili Yang says. In a study published recently by The Journal of Socio-Economics, Yang reports that an aversion to the number 4, combined with a preference for the numbers 6 and 8, may translate into a “surcharge” of as much as 1.4 percent of China’s gross domestic product.
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7 is an example of a happy number, as opposed to sad numbers. What makes a number happy? Dr Ria Symonds is from the University of Nottingham. Website: http:/...
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