10 Fascinating Hidden Facts About Math That Will Blow Your Mind!

Here are some math facts you may not be aware of:

1. The number 0 was not commonly regarded as a number until the seventh century AD, and negative numbers were not accepted until the seventeenth century AD.
2. The ancient Greeks had no sign for zero and did not regard zero as a number at all.
3. The largest prime number in the world has nearly 23 million digits.
4. The ancient Babylonians had a number system based on 60, which is where our modern system of calculating time in minutes and seconds comes from.
5. The Golden Ratio, commonly known as Phi, appears frequently in nature and art and is widely regarded as the most beautiful ratio by many.
6. The Monty Hall Problem is a well-known probability problem named after the host of the game show "Let's Make a Deal."
7. According to the "Birthday Dilemma," there is a more than 50% probability that two people will share the same birthday in a group of only 23 members.
8. Many civilizations, including the ancient Greeks, Mayans, and Indians, independently discovered the concept of "zero."
9. "Algebra" is derived from the Arabic term "Al-jabr" which means "reunion of broken parts."
10. The smallest perfect number is 6, which is the sum of its divisors (1, 2, and 3).

These are just a handful of the numerous secret math truths waiting to be unearthed.