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brudgers
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Factorial (n) for n > 24 is greater than 10^n.
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saalweachter
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24! is approximately Avogadro's number (about a 3% difference).
smcin
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inverse Gamma function of Avogadro's number (6.02 × 10²³) is ~ 24.99056
saalweachter
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Sure, but "23.99067408! is Avogadro's number" is both harder to remember and less cool than "24! is almost Avogadro's number".
smcin
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Sure. I wasn't disagreeing with you; just curious how close the coincidence was.
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