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$11 million
AMOUNT a rare draft copy of the U.S. Constitution sold for at auction this fall. The document was printed in 1787 and sent to North Carolina’s governor for review before ratification.
Source: The New York Times
41 million
NUMBER of digits in the new largest prime number, which was discovered in October. If someone were to read off the entire number and each digit took one second to say, they would need 475 days to finish.
Source: The Washington Post
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LENGTH IN INCHES of one side of the world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube, recently created to celebrate the puzzle’s 50th anniversary. The cube is so tiny, users might need tweezers to rotate the pieces.
Source: CNN