52!
When shuffling a deck of cards,
the number of possible combinations
is as follows:
80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,403,766,975,289,505,440,883,277,824,000,000,000,000
Somewhere, some Average Joe
is going to shuffle a miracle
and won’t have the slightest clue.
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meanwhile, it only takes 7 ‘riffles/shuffles’ to randomize a new deck… shuffling more than that does not make it more random. but shuffling less than 7 times is logically not as effective…
My brother just told me that too. Funny how a tandom fact can pop up in multiple unrelated places.
Love this!
From a written standpoint (and just because I am curious) I would have love to have seen it written out like “eighty unvigintillion, six hundred fifty-eight vigintillion, one hundred seventy-five novemdecillion, one hundred seventy octodecillion, nine hundred forty-three septendecillion, eight hundred seventy-eight sexdecillion, five hundred seventy-one quindecillion, six hundred sixty quattuordecillion, six hundred thirty-six tredecillion, eight hundred fifty-six duodecillion, four hundred three undecillion, seven hundred sixty-six decillion, nine hundred seventy-five nonillion, two hundred eighty-nine octillion, five hundred five septillion, four hundred forty sextillion, eight hundred eighty-three quintillion, two hundred seventy-seven quadrillion, eight hundred twenty-four trillion.”
I thought about doing that, but I’m on vacation and needed to put it up quick. Also, this is the first time I personally have seen the side scroll Bronson put in put to use, so there’s that for me lol