??? Apples, Germs, and Yellow Fingers

??? Apples, Germs, and Yellow Fingers

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THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

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20,589 ?- ?Number of times dirtier than a toilet seat that your computer keyboard is. An average one has 3,543,000 colony-forming units of bacteria per square inch.?


$516.6 billion ?- ?Value of Apple. It's the most valuable company in the world. Microsoft is second at $340.4 bn, and Google third at $333.4 bn.?


13%? - ?Percentage fewer vegetables bought when you do your supermarket shop online.


1088 ?- ?Year that the University of Bologna was founded - 8 years before Oxford University. The oldest in the world is the University of Al Quaraouiyine in Fez, Morocco. It was founded in 859.?


106 cm ?- ?World record for the highest a rabbit has ever jumped. Sweden has an annual rabbit show jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.


761 ?- ?Number of Simpsons episodes. Only 1 character has ever had 5 fingers - that was God - the rest have just 4. (Bonus fact - Bart's middle name is Jojo.)


GUESS THE NUMBER

A snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but how many teeth does it have?

(Answer next time)


Last time:

How much does the average cloud weigh?

The answer is 1 million tonnes.


LOGO of the week

This company has been in the business news this week.

But who is it?

Last time it was Lloyds Banking Group


Have a great weekend and don't forget us when you're hiring into your finance team.

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