#mathematics
There are more possible chess games than atoms in the observable universe
scienceThe Shannon number estimates approximately 10^120 possible chess games, while the observable universe contains roughly 10^80 atoms. This staggering number…
There are more possible iterations of a shuffled deck of cards than atoms on Earth
miscellaneousThe number of ways to arrange a standard 52-card deck is 52! (52 factorial) — approximately 8 × 10^67. The number of atoms on Earth is estimated at around…