it is funny to me that large enough factorial end in excessive numbers of 0s, partially because numbers that end in a lot of 0s seem fake to me

it's just a quirk of the way multiplication works but it makes me laugh

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@monorail does it happen in any number base, or only even ones, i wonder

@typhlosion I think it would happen in any base

Like the worst case for "number of 0s" is prime bases but for some prime number p, in base p any multiple of p ends in 0, and those multiples will be there for high enough factorial

@monorail @typhlosion Yeah it's definitely for any base. You'll just end up multiplying by factors of that base a lot if you go high enough, and those factors always add 0s

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