15 Mind Blowing Math Facts | Insane but True

Did you know there are more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms in the universe? Seems crazy, but it's true. Today The Why Files covers amazing math facts (and tricks) that will convince your friends you have super powers.
Math is everywhere. It’s the source code of the universe. Most of the time math makes perfect sense. But sometimes math just gets…. weird.
These math facts that will blow your mind. You'll learn about the Birthday Paradox, secrets of Pi, how to create numeric palindromes with your mind, and our favorite: the mysteries of the number nine.
How many people do you need to get together before you find two that have the same birthday? Here's a hint: not that many.
How quickly can you calculate 1,111,111 squared? We'll show you how to solve this in 5 seconds. You won't believe the answer when you see it.
And nines? Nines have a whole thing going on. Multiplying by nines = magic. Squaring nines = pure sorcery!
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Links and Sources
Birthday Paradox
www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
String Girdling the Earth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_...
Folder Paper into Space
• A piece of paper as BI...
Lily Pad Riddle
sterlingterrell.net/2018/05/l...
The formula for how the nine squared pattern works
• 998,001 and its Myster...
Making history by shuffling a deck of cards
thescienceexplorer.com/univers...
Graham's Number
plus.maths.org/content/too-bi...
Googol and Googolplex
blog.prepscholar.com/googol-g...
AJ's favorite big number calculator
www.calculator.net/big-number...
Numeric Palindromes
brilliant.org/wiki/palindromes/
Famous Palindromes
www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous...
-- Contents of this video --------------------
00:00 - Making History
00:53 - Logo
00:57 - Introduction
01:51 - Birthday Paradox
03:02 - String Around the Earth
04:51 - Palindrome 1s
07:06 - Making History AGAIN
07:17 - Mysterious Nines
11:25 - Exponential Progression
15:30 - Factorials
19:13 - BIG Numbers
22:00 - Thanks for watching!
22:26 - Outtakes
#math #science #numbers

[@SofiaB-fe8bb]

New favourite channel alert ❤️❤️ please keep making more! Love from lockdown in London 🙌🙌

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're so kind for saying that Sofia! New episode being built right now. --AJ

[@HecklefishMoriarty]

this channel would be bigger with more fish 🐟

[@eshaabbee1943]

Yeah you're right. Got a new favourite channel here! How much I loved this channel? Easy 1 trillion googol fathomable math, oh boy I'm feeling kind of black hole in my brain😂😂😂😂

[@Turbojunk]

I’ll bet you had really good parents

[@telemachus7732]

Horse racing fans understand your factorial presentation in their sleep

[@mradamstp]

It’s fun to come back and see how much the production level has increased over the years. Keep it up

[@HazyJ28]

I cant believe how quickly it happened, either. They really got it down pat QUICK and found their style

[@AdrianWright6363]

It's interesting to see how Hecklefish's mouth has gotten smaller too!

[@heathermckoy8170]

I decided this morning to make a backwards que of all the WF oldest to new. He has come a long way in 2 short yrs for sure!

[@chrisdaniels4674]

@@HazyJ28that’s because their controlled opposition. Tbey might have not started out that way. It’s all about who throws a lot of money at them.

[@steveconrad8857]

@chrisdaniels- controlled by WHO?

[@lilreddevil600]

Math would have gone very differently for me if my teachers had explained these concepts as simply as you did.

[@BHammer]

I absolutely HATED math but I totally agree with you. I have learned way more math as an adult just from videos like this because it's the way math is presented. Some of the most eye opening math lessons have actually come from TikTok.

[@flappingarms9335]

Wish my maths teacher was this interesting all those years ago!

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

I took trig and pre-cal in the 8th grade (geek class), then failed algebra twice in high school because I literally could not stay awake in class. Counselor put me in this crazy teacher's class and aced it.

[@chrisbentleywalkingandrambling]

Yep, we were taught to chant maths formula without having a clue how to use them.

[@jdmderick]

Totally agree!!!!

[@gazorpagrantgaming7190]

Seeing how different the show is now is wild, but it just shows the amount of work AJ has put in. Great stuff man.

[@PneumaNoose]

Right? And whoever made the change to the Hecklefish voice we have today should be promoted. That single change brought millions of subs. I’m sure it was AJ but I just know his wife and the other two we see on the livestreams put in lots of ideas, too (so I didn’t wanna automatically assume it’s only AJ who made these changes).

[@sammyjohnson5596]

You know I actually see a lot of what the show is now in this video. If this really is the first episode, then he started off real strong!

[@kenmrock9334]

I was glad to see the change in Hecklefish.

[@ExplorewithSarahlouise]

@@PneumaNoosewhat was the early channel like? I am more recent and went to oldest and this was the oldest video so assuming a lot got taken away. I’m always just intrigued to see ppls growth as it’s inspiring to see everyone starts somehwere. Or was this really the first?

[@PneumaNoose]

@@ExplorewithSarahlouise just compare the voice to newest to oldest. The new Hecklefish voice is WAY better :)

[@adeptus333777]

With this video, I have successfully watched every single Why Files.

[@KimOrlandini]

Me too!

[@MrFish-qr1mv]

I hated math in school. But as an adult, I find myself marveling over it. When explained correctly.

[@only1life88]

Same.

[@OneOut1]

Unfortunately you had poor teachers.

[@secretsauceskateboarding4337]

Yeah school is great at teaching you how to hate learning 😆. Good thing we have the internet!

[@mikeangelo4014]

Same here. I took up electronics engineering and graduated abhorring math. However, the older I get the more I came to marvel at, and respect math. Now, I tutor my teenage daughter on math.

[@Craftsman8022]

Teachers are drastically underappreciated and under paid to our own detriment. We are whirling towards Idiocracy

[@Rcthans]

After watching all your recent videos with big stories. This this is just as awesome. The 52 deck shuffle still is so incomprehensible

[@MySpottyGirlfriend]

It doesn't seem possible does it?

[@dent5672]

Seeing how hecklefish has evolved over ~200 episodes is really cool! His voice sounds so much better in new eps too. :) really great seeing the show evolve

[@michaeldoran4367]

MUSCULAR KOK with a VEINY SHAFT poking through a pepperoni pizza

[@KemianScott]

Being relatively new and not noticing the release date I was like “oh no! What happened to Hecklefish?!?” 😂

[@johnbutler6886]

love watching old videos of why files and seeing how far you have come. Hecklefish not moving is crazy lol

[@claytontwardzik7749]

This is the episode that got me hooked on the why filles

[@tubedude54]

I took a class on statistics years ago in college and it ended up being one of the most interesting classes I have ever taken. The professor not only knew the subject but knew how to present it! Fascinating stuff!

[@ranchdressing1037]

You could have saved all that money by just waiting and then watching this video.

[@tubedude54]

@@ranchdressing1037 It only cost about $65 for the course... this was back in the stone age!! lol (70's)

[@matsstudent9711]

Damn! What are the odds of that?

[@Exxeron-ob3tv]

A good teacher is worth their weight in gold.

[@jakeschultz4932]

Is it just me, or he seems so much more interested and passionate about this, than any of his other newer videos? He really enjoys math and breaking it down for us. What a terrific teacher.

[@LLLL-qy2pj]

Yeah you are right

[@mainemade73]

It just seems less refined and produced. I think he is still pretty chill and has a great sense of humor. Maybe these were when it was a hobby or a passion and now maybe it has become his full time job!? Idk I like him in all the videos.

[@travissimpson1353]

I was just thinking the same thing !

[@rustykrieger7181]

He’s just excited to do a video that isn’t about a tin foil hat conspiracy…

[@nikmacfarlane6117]

Math is ridiculously interesting. Most math teachers mention how it's found all throughout our world, but they don't address any of it in a way to show how cool it is. The patterns are fascinating af.

[@3RAN7ON]

When I was in elementary school my teacher showed me a really neat trick for multiplying single digits by 9: hold out both hands in front of you with all your fingers visible. Think of what single digit number you want to multiply by 9; going left to right, use your fingers to count what that number is, and when you get to that number bend The joint of that finger and fold it down. The number of fingers you have to the left of that folded finger is the tens place and all the fingers to the right of that folded finger are the one's place. For example, if you wanted to multiply 3 x 9, you would put down your third finger and have two on the left side and seven on the right side = 27. That trick works with any single digit number multiplied by 9. Great to know if you have a kiddo in school

[@Insert.anger50]

When the teachers rambled on like that id just yawn and look at my watch😂😂😂

[@3RAN7ON]

@@Insert.anger50 ok. Hope you're doing good in life!

[@Insert.anger50]

@@3RAN7ON yes im loaded still cant do math because i cant care about it

[@seppielynn5820]

I do the 9 math on my fingers too. Still. 😅

[@RSanchez111]

I'm glad even this video got over 1 million views. People could watch AJ talk about anything!

[@danamummert1044]

Just one more fun fact for #9. The multiple table goes 09, 18, 27 ,36, 45, 54, 63, 72 , 81 , 90. Love love love your videos!

[@sageminentjunky5197]

I think he covered that by saying any multiple of 9 equals 9. Isn't that the same thing

[@danamummert1044]

@@sageminentjunky5197 no

[@danamummert1044]

@@sageminentjunky5197 Of course it's all going to equal 9 but did you notice to the numbers themselves?

[@Peradime]

"Finger trick" from middleschool. (I can hear Hecklefish from here.) If someone with all ten fingers was to hold their hands out in front of them and bend which number finger, the remaining fingers give you the answer. Times two would look like IiIII IIIII. One before, eight after. That was the only multiples set quiz I got a 100% on. 🤦‍♂️

[@Insert.anger50]

Ahh you nerds 😂😂 i hated math it was just a head cluck,🤔💥🔨 i hated high school math i was terrible, you get the exams and some of the questions were just like someone talking, i just write down ah ok have a nice day😂😂😂😂

[@cliftonking3323]

Let's see...adding the shorts and after files...multiplying the time invested...divided by the knowledge gained...equals....being a part of the best channel out there! Love this channel so much. I appreciate all the time you put into these videos! I have almost gone through the entire backlog now after only discovering you, not so long ago. All I need to watch is the after files and shorts and I've done it! Seriously, you are awesome and can't wait to see how many more fans come along, and see all the new content! Thank you!

[@bijouxdoum6199]

I'm going down memory lane and rewatching your first videos. It feels like these 3 years have flown by. Thank you for touching on interesting subjects, and you give an unbiased opinion that stays neutral on controversial topics. You have a gift, my friend. The production aspect of your videos, the research, editing, animation, and your flow just works perfectly. I got through rough times because of your entertainment. You took my mind away from the suffering and put a smile on my face. You deserve every dollar you make from your videos and ad revenue. Stay safe, Your friend from Kentucky

[@jamesodonnell4771]

"45,000 km" in *whisper* got me 💀

[@Nannyfrank]

You’re gonna go huge man, very professional video. Very intelligent and very interesting to watch! 👏

[@TheWhyFiles]

Thanks so much, Nathan! I hope you stick around with us!

[@TokyoXtreme]

It would seem you were right.

[@onebadmoto5081]

He’s a ceo for a cannabis delivery corporation

[@achtsekundenfurz7876]

Except that there are multiple math errors, a sheet of paper being 10mm thick, the Earth being 45,000km all around, somebody in the back is obviously smart but the guy in view can't even convert miles to km properly, or inches to mm. I'd blame the U.S. education system, but thinking that a sheet of paper is thicker than a 9mm bullet???

[@DE-GEN-ART]

ive seen this dude on tv before, hes got the personality down from his syndicated days

[@greg624]

This should be a required math class for children at a young age because it will open up and make them critically think so much quicker Well done

[@juniusvindex769]

As you should know, math is a singular and maths is the plural. So please do the right thing and if your first Language is English, use the word mathematics or if you are lazy, maths. yanks are dumb as shite 😂

[@JJLearnsStuff]

That’s exactly what I said! Critical thinking should be a taught skill.

[@newkidontheblockism]

Governments don’t want critical thinkers

[@wayneyadams]

I was lucky because my sixth-grade teacher recommended me for advanced math in the seventh grade and the school was using a new experimental math put out by the School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) which concentrated on critical thinking. It was shortly after the USR had launched Sputnik and the US spent boku bucks on math and science education.

[@imonoke7903]

You are a child

[@jrtstrategicapital560]

Rewatching this in 2024 is so enjoyable! I recall this episode fondly and actually miss this format from time to time! Keep up the great work!

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

47, but my favorite math class was probability and statistics, and my favorite calculations were compound growth, decay, and permutations and combinations. It was the most fun math class they offered, the most practically useful.

[@zorkblat3858]

I have made it from the most recent video through to this very first upload. You are consistent, fun, and objective. Keep it up AJ, Hecklefish, and crew. Seriously love it!

[@perry92964]

i just made it to the end as well.....now what do we do?

[@bcschoening]

@@perry92964 we wait... I CANT WAIT

[@scottselenak]

After binge watching his content, noticed he sits down in the beginning in most, but not all of his videos. I’m currently working on my own conspiracy theory on why…😂

[@johnsummers101]

haha im literally doing the same thing. I couldnt understand why he kept saying people hate Hecklefish, but as I went back in time I could see why lol. I was also noticing the background was showing other videos of his popping up. Makes me want to watch in order to see if they were showing what videos were coming up next, or are they videos that just happened

[@perry92964]

@@johnsummers101 hate heckle fish cant remember what episode but the lawyer jokes were pouring out and it was funny

[@jakemyers29]

Mind successfully blown, well played sir, well played!

[@TheWhyFiles]

Thanks, Jake!

[@angelicaavila8280]

Thank u🎉

[@steveturner3864]

The Joy of math is the best math book I ever read. It’s full of simple math tricks that will make your life so much easier

[@__cypher__]

If that introduction was 5 seconds longer I never would have gotten into TWF. It was REALLY HARD not to hit the THUMBS DOWN! My immediate reaction was ... Nope! Not into mathematic probability analysis. Sorry, not sorry. Then, luckily, the magician disappeared. Best god damned magic trick, ever!

[@ArsenicDrone]

10! seconds in 6 weeks is a pretty cool coincidence, and not too hard to verify in your head. Of the 9 numbers from 2 to 10 being multiplied (we can ignore the 1), the 6 is covered by 6 weeks, and the 7 by 7 days in a week. The 3 and 8 are covered by 24 hours in a day, and then it just remains to figure out if the remaining 5 numbers multiply out to the number of seconds in an hour, which they do: 2*4*5*9*10 = 60*60 = 3600.

[@tgerule]

Make sure you remember me when you inevitably get millions of subs

[@TheWhyFiles]

You will never be forgotten, TG!

[@phild3562]

Here they are years later, with millions of subs. @@TheWhyFiles

[@harrowgateguy]

Do geese see god? Maybe, but the question is a palindrome.

[@zjyub]

Love it! I never heard this one before.

[@joegsell4304]

Well played lol

[@joeybobbie1]

Nice 😁

[@RMichaux-vk8vy]

Also what's cool about the number 9- a transposition error, in data entry such as banking, is caused by inadvertently switching two adjacent numbers. A clue to the presence of such an error is that the amount of the error is always evenly divisible by 9.

[@mehditayshun5595]

No wonder the Beatles loved it so much. So much for the White Album " November 9 " Theory LOL My new favorite number

[@zafnor]

Thank you for this very useful fact! I will tuck this away in my statement file for later use when I have problems balancing my statements.

[@JaneNewAuthor]

Very useful when I was a young accountant!

[@cerebral-sound]

Thanks for creating such worthwhile videos Why Files team! You folks may enjoy my favorite palindrome: "Evil is a deed as I live." This was first coined by the comedian Demetri Martin as the opening line of his 224 word palindrome essay, which reads exactly the same front to back.

[@josemanuelruiz2036]

Great video! What puzzles me is a paper sheet 10mm thick. This means that the paper sheet is 1 cm thick. An inch is 2.54 cm. The average thickness of paper goes 0.05 to 0.10 mm.

[@Dido01]

Indeed, a "sheet" of paper 10mm thick would rather be called a shelf.

[@josemanuelruiz2036]

@@Dido01 exactly!!

[@Moretonj01o]

I turned off at this point

[@gportka8410]

I noticed that too. But then, if I figured it correctly, it takes only another 7 folds to get from .1mm to 10mm. So you'd only have to add 7 folds to each of his answers (starting with a .1mm thickness). Assuming the results given are close to correct, the concept of still only having to fold a little over a hundred times to get larger than the universe boggles my brain.

[@mattp422]

@@gportka8410 Exactly! I came to the same conclusion. AJ’s paper thickness estimate was off by a factor of about 100, but fixing the error results in what is basically a small, pretty much insignificant increase in the number of folds needed to reach the edge of the universe. Mind blown..💣💥!

[@AggrivatedMonk]

I'm sure that almost everyone said "47" and you're using a psychological trick to make us like you. I already like you.

[@medina3420]

Hecklefish sure has grown into character. So glad he's still atound. These nerd vids, were pretty cool

[@beeman133]

Hey AJ - try an episode on FIBONNACI numbers/sequence/series. It is the basis of the spirals in a galaxy, a nautilus shell, and many other things. Sort of a mathematical key to the universe.; the way things in nature grow. Big Wow factor in this one. Thanks for presenting one of the best channels anywhere.

[@mrfishbulb7187]

What he said☝️

[@stinkypinky5724]

I was blown away by this. Everyday after I would thing is it in this thing too? Random objects around my house

[@samzpendle8891]

Learned exponential growth and factorials in school, but your explanation of exponential growth and factorials retought me that in like 30 seconds where as it took me a week to learn it from school. Kudos to you The Why Files!

[@mikeappleyard1898]

The chances that the Knights Templar will ever reveal all of their secrets is 1 in Graham's number.

[@leesagenier9678]

Love this channel! I seriously try to watch it every day. Thank you for doing all the research and keeping it so fascinating 😊

[@looseouttaturn2]

Awesome!! My brain was already in a black hole long before you got to Graham's number!

[@TheWhyFiles]

I totally feel that. This was *dense* material that I tried to make fun and accessible. Thanks for checking us out!

[@zacspofforth11]

@@TheWhyFiles you certainly managed to do just that 👍 love the channel

[@AkamusPenguin]

The 9 thing is really cool. I remember being taught in school that if adding all the digits results in a number divisible by 3, that original number is, too.

[@aimee-lynndonovan6077]

Two?

[@johnjay9404]

So that's what John Lennon was talking about on the white album. Number 9....number 9....number 9.

[@stevenfisher6670]

If I'd of had a teacher this engaging, I might be a scientist right now 😢

[@stupedasso6819]

400 actual friends on Facebook, not a single one shares my birthday, but I do share my birthday with my great-grandmother who passed away in the 90s

[@NazirERM]

Just watched every video on your channel...and I loved it. Love Hecklefish's facelift too 😁

[@Scott_Buchanan]

I’m gonna show this to my kids, maybe it’ll get them interested in math 😂 Great video AJ!

[@kumiho4970]

I discovered you only last month, but I'm binging now. Thanks AJ, this channel is amazing.

[@DubaiShortsChannel]

AJ whispering numbers in metric system after imperial system numbers - is something I need in my life.

[@Insert.anger50]

421:873×5'829= 2:'459:097717 you know how i know this???? Because you dont need to know math you need to know where the calculator is😂😂😂

[@blueboy189]

The googolplex analogy to the weight of the earth is hopelessly understated. There are ~ 10^79 atoms in the observable universe. This is 21 orders of magnitude less than a googol. So, if you could represent 1s and 0s with single atoms, you would run out of atoms long before you got to that final 0. You'd need 10^21 times as many atoms as in the visible universe.

[@shamelessplace11]

Prove you're right.. show your work please. 🖊️ 📜

[@LordofSyn]

@@shamelessplace11 Does it have to be in triplicate again? Sheesh.

[@johnohara1433]

very interesting stuff and professionally done!

[@TheWhyFiles]

Glad you liked it, John!

[@patriciamoraga2917]

Thank you for putting all your energy in your channel … I LOVE YOUR WAY OF COMMUNICATING ALL THE KNOWLEDGE

[@jenniferlindsey2015]

Found this channel. Fell in love. Had to go back to the beginning. Always loved math. Perfect place to start. My grade 13 statistics class had 30 people and not one of us had the same birthday. It was the first time in 30 years of teaching that ever happened to him! There was ALWAYS somebody with the same birthday in the same class!

[@caseydraven]

Just found the channel a month ago and watched everything. I love it! This was my favorite episode. Any chance for a part two?!

[@TheWhyFiles]

Wow, nobody's asked for that. I'd love to do a part 2 of this.

[@GGHarvey]

I second this.

[@williamm.7433]

ditto. this is great content

[@spacetimeworm]

@@TheWhyFiles absolutely, more more, please more!

[@lixxxxit]

Yes please!

[@ericpelletier7721]

I’m impressed by your ability to fold a 10 mm thick paper so easily… 1 cm thick, that’s something!

[@wiseoldfool]

When we have a piece of paper 10mm thick, we refer to it as wood!

[@forgedelitegeneralsaow376]

@@wiseoldfool lol!

[@karlsimonian1424]

Should be 0.10 millimeters

[@LorenaCabreraVera]

I guess the metric system is too much.. ? 10mm thick paper?

[@TheOldinvalid]

Thats what I came to seek. Holy shii thats one heck of a paper. I should maybe check the math myself.

[@fishin11]

My oldest daughter could not grasp fractions, struggled bad. I was a carpenter at the time, I pulled out my tape measure, showed her the 1/16 mark, 1/8 mark, 3/16 mark etc etc, almost INSTANTLY her math did a 180. And a teacher could not show this??

[@stevethefishdotnet]

I've seen my daughter's math homework and I think they intentionally try to make math more difficult than it ought to be. She was showing me her pseudo-algebra stuff and I was like, "Easy. Solve for X." I started teaching how to do it and she and my wife said that no, she HAS to do it the way they want her to. It's bonkers. Deliberate dumbing down of education, I think.

[@Dragon-Doxin]

Ok, I started watching your channel 2 weeks ago. Finally, I made it to the end of the "ALL OF EM" playlist. Your channel deserves to be the biggest on KZbin. Now I can finally go and watch the podcast lol Thank you for all your hard work

[@janenegentile]

Give us the lottery number !

[@TheWhyFiles]

The answer is: 42.

[@smashy_smasherton]

@@TheWhyFiles but what was the question again?

[@badninja1971]

@@TheWhyFiles The answer to everything. 👍

[@Frankie5Angels150]

So long and thanks for all the fish.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

“Oh no! Not again!” ~ a pot of petunias dropping to earth from 30,000 feet.

[@jjmaughon1]

Loving the videos on this channel! I've completely went down the rabbit holes with WF videos and loving every minute. This channel is gonna be massively popular soon!

[@JordanPeirce-vp5if]

Love your show AJ, you are just good fun SOLID entertainment

[@starwolf621]

I’ve been a fan of your channel for a little while now, and wanted to start from the beginning. Really like this first video!

[@Roberto-REME]

Excellent video, AJ.... and HeckleFish, of course. Your presentation was really well done, outstanding narration and the topics you picked were interesting, educational and engaging. Really well done, AJ! New favorite channel, to be sure.

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're awesome, Roberto. I'm grateful for you.

[@shawniebaker901]

I just recently discovered your channel and after suggesting something that has already been covered, I have decided to binge from the first video on. I haven't even made it past the intro to this video but I am already excited to see what's to come. So far, I love your channel.

[@katelynnmccormick5019]

Omg recently got hooked on this channel and had to go back to see how it all started.. amazing and hilarious. You’ve come so far WF!

[@paulrivers7248]

AJ's first youtube and ive loved this one and every dmn one since!!😂

[@Murph_.]

I thought I was the only one that loved math this much :D And you write your numbers the same as I do. Love it.

[@nikkibeland]

Took a few weeks but got through all of them. Thanks for what you do, you make my work day bareable. :)

[@chrislister570]

The birthday problem isn't impressive when you remember that millions of people are born in a single day.

[@keithcook9539]

Such a great channel! I don’t know how I missed this episode but I have watched every other one. It is amazing to see the evolution of a channel like this. Thank you so much for all your hard work.🙏🙏🙏

[@abberzbaybee]

I have quite literally just finished watching every single episode available on your channel in about 3 days. I can’t wait for a new episode! Best channel on KZbin!

[@marqdula9723]

Love your videos, grateful to you and the whole team that help put these together! 👏

[@christinenolan1418]

My nephew showed me some of your videos and I’m hooked. I’ll start at the beginning and watch every one of them. I subscribed and thanks. I love this.

[@farmersjt]

Your best episode ever!! Being a math geek, I watched it four times straight, and I'll watch more soon. Keep it coming!

[@EdMannonPercussion]

BOB! 🤣 Love the channel! Thanks

[@HecklefishMoriarty]

youre welcome human

[@andrewballard780]

Amazing channel, thank you guys for the amazing info and good laughs. Keep up the good work

[@paulrivers7248]

Ive already watched and rewatched all these vids but i still keep doing it lol i love this channel man!😂

[@TheGloryofMusic]

One of my favorite math facts is the "brick stacking paradox". Utilizing the harmonic series, 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ..., a stack of bricks can be built that will extend horizontally to infinity. Not possible in real life, but theoretically provable.

[@lindaedvardsson4218]

😧Huh..?!

[@bdgreene]

Tower of babble, nimrod? Think about it.

[@Allyourbase1990]

It’s crazy watching how fast this channel found it’s niche and blew up ! Easily my favorite channel to watch .

[@skipker]

Another great show. I will re-watch any of your channels over and over again. Thanks to yo and Hecklefish and everyone behind the camera

[@jeffdonnelly7428]

All of your videos are absolutely stellar. I liked this one the most tho. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s so different from your usual content or if it’s just because it’s so well done compared to similar videos by other KZbinrs.. I just know I want more like this! 👍🙏🤞🤯 (I think it’s both)

[@dolank283]

Love your channel!!! ❤ Been binge watching all your videos. I'm horrible at math, but this was just so much fun! (I pictured Hecklefish repeating "number nine, number nine" throughout that whole segment 😄 ) Definitely subbed!

[@TheWhyFiles]

🐟❤

[@branniganj]

Love this! (And your hair looks great!!!)

[@TheWhyFiles]

Thanks! (What's left of it) Have time to colab? I have characters to pitch you.

[@branniganj]

@@TheWhyFiles I'm totally interested. I could be the guy trapped in a burlap sack.

[@HecklefishMoriarty]

what about my scales? 🐟

[@KhaiGK]

@@branniganj need more breakfast videos

[@atomdemise27]

Hecklefish has come a long way!!!

[@scottmorrison6027]

Amazing video. Only one correction though. The thickness of a standard paper is ~100 micro meters, 100 pages to get the 10 mm you quoted. Either way, factorials are very cool!

[@mattfatt67]

Glad to know I’m not crazy. I was thinking something was up with that one…but awesome video as usual!

[@cheriem432]

Scott, thanks for saving me the trouble of explaining this. It sounded wrong immediately. For example, my wedding band is 6 mm in width., and it's a lot wider than the piece of paper.

[@icyygaming5573]

This video was awesome 👏🏼 hope you remember I was one of your first 100 subscribers before your channel goes viral!! Can’t wait for future vids 🙏🏼

[@TheWhyFiles]

I will remember you, Icyy! You're a Founding Filer. I'm putting together a list now. What should we do? Free T-Shirts for the first 100 subs? What do you think?

[@icyygaming5573]

Definitely a shirt or hat giveaway! I’d rock it!! 💯😆🤙🏼

[@TheWhyFiles]

Which shirt do you want? shop.thewhyfiles.com

[@Holistic-Healthcare]

Free Talking Hecklefish... I only discovered WF last year, but quickly watched every episode. Hecklefish keeps my 3yo from making me change the video lol

[@Hermeticlock]

wow

[@mymalinoisadventures2252]

Great episode. I really enjoyed this one. More please

[@KakashiH25]

The whispering conversion had me in stitches hahaha, keep up the great content!!!

[@nathancooke5269]

An absolute gem of a channel! Binge watching everything you've uploaded.

[@joeknows4755]

I like the one where you get a group of people to guess how many marbles (or whatever you have on hand in an identical large quantity) are in a glass jar. You take the guesses and average them out. The answer will be so close if not spot on the the actual number of items in the jar. Blows my mind. I saw this on a show by a mathematician talking about quantum physics. Great stuff 👍🏼

[@GardenGnome11]

You've come a long way .. great video I had not seen before

[@Simple_But_Expensive]

My great aunt worked in an accounting office. She once showed me a training handbook with all kinds of math tricks. I don’t remember the exact details, but one that always stuck in my head was that if an error was detected of a certain amount, the problem was probably inverting two digits. I think it was if the error ended with a 9.

[@tommymarco]

neat trick

[@lamargot2201]

It's if the difference can be divided by nine. One of my favorites!!!❤

[@russellcollins4291]

This is how mathematics should be taught. Most people hate math because it is boring. Inspire peoples' imaginations and they can't help but seek answers. I never could get the hang of trigonometry until I started using it to write code for games. I love this channel, it's nice to discuss these things without cynicism used as skepticism.

[@joab757]

One of the craziest things I’ve seen is the mendelbrot set. It’s crazy when it’s plotted as it creates infinite patterns. Literally blew my mind?!! You can’t tell me intelligence isn’t involved

[@FoxMcCloudPro]

WFiles keep doing what u do. We all appreciate your info and help.

[@bryanscott9686]

Love this channel so much. I've went al the way to the beginning.

[@GT-jp4bo]

Is the heckle fish going through puberty because he sounds different

[@chriswalls5545]

Yea his lips are like botoxed! Something is fishy

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

I was a child when I noticed how weird the number 9 was. I figured out that exact pattern and explained it to everyone in my family.

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

Oh good, there’s another weirdo hovering!

[@siriusness7505]

I guess John Lennon was onto something. 🤔

[@KraziAnnRKissed]

​@@siriusness7505Aliester Crowley or the one man obsessed with that number, these numbers actually (3,6,9) Look into it, mind blowing

[@Feverant]

I always hit like on these videos, AJ I really appreciate you!

[@kevinbaskovich7973]

Loved this one. Its like numbers juggling. After working on it for a while it starts to scramble your brain.

[@mikenogozones]

Mind blown, the factorial segment can also be applied to lotteries.

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're right! My mind was blown researching this. These are numbers that don't make sense to our monkey brains.

[@kimberlyhodge710]

Subscribed to the channel a couple days ago. So glad I stumbled upon this show. Love Heckle Fish too.

[@TheWhyFiles]

Welcome aboard, Kimberly! Glad you found us.

[@AIPCTechnology]

Even hucklefish evolved 😂

[@chadwhedbee5581]

I just watched this a 2nd time bc I was just scrolling the videos to see what videos you guys made in the past. Then, I realized that when I saw this video way back when, it was the first video on the channel. That's pretty cool and it was a good one. I would like to see an episode that talks about pi, fibonacci sequence, the golden ratio, vortex math and maybe imaginary numbers

[@KeithPhillips]

The first bit about a deck of 52 shuffled cards (and what AJ says) perfectly illustrates why my mind is so blown over something that happened many years ago for me...but I was using a deck of 86 cards... I cut and shuffled the deck many times and received one particular card... I did many cuts and shuffles, each time making sure the card was completely lost in the deck, and again...same card! This happened a total of 7 times in a row and I couldn't believe it. 😳 My calculations wanted to tell me that the odds of that happening were over 34 trillion-to-one, and to make matters more wild, the card wasn't upside-down, it was right-side up every time. It was one of the craziest and most improbable things that I've ever witnessed (and yes, these were special Tarot cards) 😋

[@uapozarks]

Wow, and I thought I was lucky drawing the same tarot card four times in a row. Do I get bonus points because the card was The Fool? :D

[@KeithPhillips]

@@ZeroOneInfinity No, it was #60 out of 86; and I can't post the card image without link filtering/blocking..