Did you know? Number of grains of sand on the world's beaches (5sextillion ) is 500 x Number of insects in the world (10 quintillion individuals)
Time since the birth of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (898 y)
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Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.
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