Wolfram Fun Facts Comes to Twitter

We’ve been having so much fun over the past few months hunting for fun facts in Wolfram|Alpha that we thought it was time to give @WolframFunFacts its very own space in the Twitterverse.

Meet Fun Facts Spikey

For those of you who are new to Wolfram Fun Facts, they are unique facts computed from Wolfram|Alpha’s trillions of pieces of data. All of this knowledge is built upon a computational engine that allows us to mash up topic areas such as people, finance, dates, and more to do impressive, if not outrageous, computations.

Here are just a few fun fact samples we’ve discovered in Wolfram|Alpha:

• It would require 8.4×10^11 gallons of paint to cover the surface of the moon
• If driving a car at 60 miles per hour, it will take 11.18 million years to travel one light year
• The average American consumes 125.6 lbs of potatoes per year
• The probability that two people in a 23-person room share the same birthday is 0.51

We’ll be sharing all of the fun facts that we, and you, discover every day. Follow @WolframFunFacts and tweet us your favorite #funfact!