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• The closest finish in Indy 500 history was in 1992, when Al Unser, Jr. beat Scott Goodyear byDell. just 0.043 of a second. Answer:
• There have been 60 fatalities associated with A VERY LARGE NUMBER Indy Kasner 500, including 38 drivers, 12 • the Edward was a mathematician. In me1938 chanics, five spectators, two members thea he was asked to come up with a nameoffor pit crew, firemen, a young who very largetwo number: theand numeral one,boy followed was struck by a wheel that bounced out of the by a hundred zeros. He asked his two young nephews name they would arena andwhat across the street. Of thesuggest. 38 drivers, 14 were killed in the actual race, with re• Nine-year-old Milton suggested a thename mainder perishing practice or qualifyout of the funnies.during A cartoon strip character named ing runs.Barney was very popular. Milton chose Barney’s last name for the number. • The first Indy 500 winner Ray Harroun took • home Kasner$14,250 announced the prize. new name the big for his Juan for Montoya, numberinin2015, his next altering the spelling. winner hadbook, winnings of $2,449,055. • Average Sixty years later,has Larry Pagefrom and Sergey Brin speed grown Harroun’s developed a new internet search engine. Other average speed of 74.602 mph to a record search engines searched 187.33 mph achieved by each Tonywebpage Kanaan and in ranked them according to how many times a 2013. specific term appeared on them, but Page and Brin official designedtrophy their search search for • The of theengine Indy to 500 is the the specific and then find approximateout how many Borg Warnerterm Trophy, standing links there were that led back to 153 that page, ly 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighing lbs., which resulted in a better search engine. crafted of sterling silver. The original trophy • was Theyproduced decidedat athey a name that cost needed of $10,000, but today reflected how many websites the search is insured for more than $1.3 million. Every engine was searching. They winner’s name and image sincetook 1911thearename inof Edward Kasner’s very large number, only scribed on the statue or on its base. The winthey misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being ners do not receive actual – it is spelled exactly the the same waytrophy the cartoon displayed at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Mucharacter Barney spelled his last name. What’s seum – but rather aat miniature it called? (Answer bottom of replica, page) nicknamed “Baby Borg.” COMPUTER FACTS
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