391 is an oxymoron. It is the first number to have no interesting fact.


:)
Joking aside. What's the definition of "interesting fact"? I imagine
it would differ from people to people


On Sunday, August 23, 2009, Dan Bron <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wrote:
>> http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html  .  But 226
>> has lost its title.
>
> This page lists an interesting fact about each first 10,000 non-negative 
> numbers.   So far, it can't find an interesting fact
> about any of these numbers:
>
>         391 424 460 508 514 534 549 557 611 622
>         647 655 674 685 698 702 706 723 725 754
>         758 759 761 772 774 776 779 790 796 807
>         811 817 824 826 828 830 837 838 845 860
>         865 871 886 890 893 908 915 921 928 931
>         932 937 938 944 947 954 962 965 970 971
>         978 980
>
> So 391 now holds the title as the smallest uninteresting number.  Your 
> mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find a
> reason 391 is interesting.  Then 424.  Then 460.  Etc.
>
> -Dan
>
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