Numbers in the News

AGE of a rare copy of The Odyssey (above) on display at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The original poem is thought to have been composed by the Greek poet Homer in the 8th or 7th century b.c. and is one of the oldest surviving works of literature.

^{Source: UNC-Chapel Hill}

WINGSPAN, in feet, of the world’s largest paper airplane, which was constructed by Italian college students this summer. The craft flew a distance of 193.5 feet.

^{Source: UPI}

ASKING PRICE for the childhood home of astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. The house—located in Wapakoneta, Ohio—recently went up for sale.

^{Source: The New York Times}