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One of those facts that seems impossible but is true. (lemmy.world)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number

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[–] s@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Infinite number of chess games:

  1. White pawn to D3

  2. Black pawn to D6

  3. White queen to D2

  4. Black queen to D7

  5. White queen to D1

  6. Black queen to D8

  7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 ad infinitum

  8. ???

  9. Win

Edit: there’s also infinite atoms (permutations) by way of the constant flux of nuclear fusion and fission

[–] sister@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

The universe is also probably infinite, maybe. It's at least bigger than the observable universe

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