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Title: Every number is special...
Post by: RuiAce on December 02, 2017, 05:19:33 pm
...and it's up to you to figure out why.

(Try to keep it not-mathsy related unless it's actually a good mathsy reason.)



1 - The numeric value of TRUE in many programming languages
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 02, 2017, 05:22:16 pm
2- It takes TWO to tango
(iirc the only even prime number :P )
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Post by: RuiAce on December 02, 2017, 05:25:46 pm
3 - "Third time's the charm"

(Number of sides on a triangle, and triangles can be used to build any (straight) plane shape)
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 02, 2017, 05:39:11 pm
Four- One of the characters from the book/movie franchise Divergent.
(The number of vertices in a square/rectangle/rhombus/diamond)
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Post by: keltingmeith on December 02, 2017, 05:52:19 pm
Five - the number of blocks for subject mods, Nat mods, and admins.
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Post by: Opengangs on December 02, 2017, 10:59:47 pm
Six - the smallest perfect number.
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Post by: Sine on December 02, 2017, 11:02:27 pm
7 the most "magical number"

i.e. hence 7 horcruxes
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Post by: RuiAce on December 03, 2017, 11:14:48 am
8 - The number of allotropes of carbon.
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Post by: lm21074 on December 03, 2017, 03:03:57 pm
9 - the highest single-digit number in the decimal system.
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Post by: RuiAce on December 03, 2017, 08:27:39 pm
10 - The number of plagues inflicted upon Egypt

(The basis of the metric system)
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Post by: beatroot on December 03, 2017, 09:38:35 pm
11 - one of the main characters from stranger things!!!

(http://78.media.tumblr.com/f705f610e6c20b9020456f904474dfd9/tumblr_obmpxuc4DE1ufj51so3_r1_250.gif)
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Post by: Aaron on December 03, 2017, 09:52:14 pm
12 -

(https://www.travelonline.com/victoria/attractions/12-apostles/12-apostles-11504.jpg)
The Twelve Apostles - Victoria

Beautiful sight.
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Post by: Shadowxo on December 03, 2017, 10:46:14 pm
13 - the unlucky number
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Post by: Potatohater on December 03, 2017, 10:49:54 pm
14 - the day HSC results are released this December
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Post by: Natasha.97 on December 04, 2017, 08:26:24 am
^ on a similar note:
15 - Vic SS/ATAR and NSW ATAR release date
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 12:16:22 pm
14 - the day HSC results are released this December
^ on a similar note:
15 - Vic SS/ATAR and NSW ATAR release date
Geezus you guys......
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16 - Number of pawns in a standard chess set
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Post by: beatroot on December 04, 2017, 02:11:55 pm
17 - the dancing queen's age

"You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet, only seventeen"

(so iconic)
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Post by: Opengangs on December 04, 2017, 02:49:24 pm
18 - in Jewish liturgy, the number 18 represents the Amidah, a form of prayer.
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 03:45:52 pm
19 - The size of a (side of a) Go board
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Post by: PhoenixxFire on December 04, 2017, 06:16:57 pm
20(th August). My birthday ;D
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Post by: AngelWings on December 04, 2017, 06:29:04 pm
20(th August). My birthday ;D
In the same vein, 21 is the birthday many are considered to become true adults... and bring out the most embarrassing photos for good measure of humility. ;) (This seems to be mostly true to USA and a few other countries.)

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Post by: sweetiepi on December 04, 2017, 06:33:29 pm
22- the title of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgFeZr5ptV8
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Post by: Potatohater on December 04, 2017, 06:49:58 pm
23- the result of 23! has 23 digits

(It's 25852016738884976640000 btw, and yes this is a little mathsy but hopefully it passes as "good")
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Post by: Shadowxo on December 04, 2017, 07:40:49 pm
24, the number of hours in a day
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 04, 2017, 07:51:28 pm
25- the 3rd studio album by Adele
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 08:14:56 pm
23- the result of 23! has 23 digits

(It's 25852016738884976640000 btw, and yes this is a little mathsy but hopefully it passes as "good")
Not gonna lie - This has been the best math related one so far.
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26 - Number of complete miles in a marathon
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Post by: Opengangs on December 04, 2017, 09:13:18 pm
27 - the only positive number that is exactly 3 times the sum of its digits (that is: 27 = 3*(2+7))
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 09:43:53 pm
28 - Days in February in non-leap years

(The second perfect number)
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Post by: Syndicate on December 04, 2017, 10:33:31 pm
29- a sum of three consecutive squares 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 10:36:47 pm
30 - The total number of major and minor keys
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Post by: Shadowxo on December 04, 2017, 10:43:46 pm
31 - the highest number of days in a month
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Post by: Potatohater on December 04, 2017, 10:54:05 pm
32 - Sydney is predicted to grow in poulation by 32% in the next 15 years
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Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 11:30:14 pm
33 - Days Pope John Paul I served as Pope
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Post by: Potatohater on December 05, 2017, 05:00:37 am
34 - the number of letters in supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Post by: RuiAce on December 05, 2017, 12:54:40 pm
35 - 35% of bingo players are under the age of 35
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Post by: Potatohater on December 05, 2017, 04:10:50 pm
36 - the smallest triangular square number other than 1
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Post by: Sine on December 05, 2017, 04:28:59 pm
37 - Average normal human's body temperature in degrees celcius

(when did anyone say we had to go in order of numbers??  ;))
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Post by: RuiAce on December 06, 2017, 03:23:51 pm
37 - Average normal human's body temperature in degrees celcius

(when did anyone say we had to go in order of numbers??  ;))
The game's too boring when you mix up the order
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38 - Number of slots on an American roulette wheel
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Post by: Sine on December 06, 2017, 04:34:07 pm
39 - atomic number of Yttrium
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Post by: RuiAce on December 06, 2017, 08:46:01 pm
39 - atomic number of Yttrium
>:(
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40 - The highest number ever counted to on Sesame street
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Post by: Potatohater on December 07, 2017, 08:24:44 am
41- Motzart's last symphony was Symphonny 41
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 07, 2017, 10:27:18 am
42- the meaning of life ;)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 07, 2017, 04:36:19 pm
43 - The maximum number of multi-tile moves required to finish the 15 puzzle
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Post by: Potatohater on December 08, 2017, 02:43:05 pm
44- Barack Obama was the 44th president of the USA
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Post by: Sine on December 08, 2017, 04:23:55 pm
45 - Michael Jordan's shirt number when he played baseball and for 22 nba games in 1995.
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Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 08, 2017, 05:02:12 pm
46 - The number of human chromosomes
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Post by: RuiAce on December 08, 2017, 07:14:36 pm
47 - The number of degrees between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn or at least really close to
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Post by: Potatohater on December 09, 2017, 01:03:16 pm
48 - Brisbane accounts for 48% of Queensland's economy
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Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 09, 2017, 02:28:14 pm
49 - 7 squared
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Post by: RuiAce on December 09, 2017, 03:48:29 pm
49 - 7 squared
>:(
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50 - Number of states of the U.S.A.
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 09, 2017, 04:41:09 pm
51: Often enough, Australia is referred to as the 51st state :)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 09, 2017, 04:42:54 pm
52 - Most common number of weeks in a year
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 09, 2017, 04:50:07 pm
53: The bus route from Bendigo Station to Eaglehawk
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Post by: RuiAce on December 09, 2017, 04:55:12 pm
54: Number of cards in a standard deck WITH jokers
\[\sin 54^\circ = \frac12\times \text{Golden ratio} \]
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 10, 2017, 09:24:41 am
55: the typical age insurance agencies ask if you're over in their ads.
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Post by: RuiAce on December 10, 2017, 11:53:32 am
56 - Elvis Presley CD "Elvis '56"
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Post by: Potatohater on December 11, 2017, 10:14:24 pm
57 - the number of people that turned up to Blacktown City Libraries "wow it's Italian pasta" event

(Sorry for the lame factor, this was a hard one)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 11, 2017, 10:22:12 pm
58 - "58 is like the luckiest number ever." Patrick from Spongebob Squarepants
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Post by: AngelWings on December 17, 2017, 12:08:27 am
59 - The largest number of seconds or minutes that you can have before having a whole minute or hour respectively.
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 17, 2017, 12:19:11 am
60- number of seconds in a minute :P
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Post by: RuiAce on December 17, 2017, 11:28:26 am
61 - International calls to Australia begin with +61
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 18, 2017, 10:17:06 pm
62 is a nontotient number
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Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 10:37:04 pm
63: Sixty-three (card game)
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Post by: AngelWings on December 18, 2017, 10:40:30 pm
64 - the number of possible codons (Biology was bound to infiltrate this.)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 10:44:43 pm
65 - Standard age of retirement
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 18, 2017, 10:47:16 pm
Route 66- famous American highway
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Post by: Syndicate on December 18, 2017, 10:47:31 pm
67- an irregular prime

Just realised how slow my internet is!!!  >:( >:(
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Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 11:07:54 pm
68 - The construction of a 68-sided regular polygon is doable via a compass and ruler
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Post by: MisterNeo on December 18, 2017, 11:09:32 pm
69: No explanation needed.  :o
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Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 11:11:54 pm
69: No explanation needed.  :o
Mate. 69 is the best number in existence. It's the largest number whose factorial can be computed on a typical CASIO fx-82 AU PLUS II calculator without causing a math error.
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70: Common number of years for which copyright is valid without expiry
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 18, 2017, 11:19:04 pm
a typical CASIO fx-82 AU PLUS II calculator
I own one of these lmao.

71- A thriller film released in 2014,
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 10:49:22 am
72 - Room temperature in the Fahrenheit scale
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 19, 2017, 10:53:02 am
73- the number on Sheldon Cooper's shirt. 😂
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 10:57:56 am
74 - Number of stars obtained by SpongeBob SquarePants in his driving school
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 19, 2017, 11:00:48 am
75- the name of the album by Joe Zawinul :)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 01:19:09 pm
76ers (Basketball team)
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 19, 2017, 01:23:01 pm
77- A Spanish hard rock band
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 01:24:20 pm
78 - In the Twelve Days of Christmas, a total of 78 gifts are given
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 19, 2017, 01:32:27 pm
79AD- the year Mount Vesuvius erupted
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Post by: Potatohater on December 19, 2017, 03:21:26 pm
80 - a cafe on the ground floor of UTS' Chau Chak wing building
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 05:22:50 pm
81 - Number of obstacles the fictional Xuanzang had to face in Journey to the West
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Post by: Sine on December 19, 2017, 05:35:59 pm
damn I missed 81 :(  anyway 81 - kobe's career high points in a game (2nd all time). (got both his jerseys retired today)

82 - number of games in the regular season for each team in the nba
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Post by: Potatohater on December 19, 2017, 05:57:07 pm
83- The number of hours Charles Kingsford Smith took to fly across the pacific from Oakland, California to Brisbane, Queensland
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Post by: RuiAce on December 19, 2017, 07:09:48 pm
84 - Number of Earth years Uranus takes to orbit the sun
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Post by: caffinatedloz on June 20, 2019, 07:54:10 pm
'85 (1985): The second year in a row that Hawthorn lost an AFL grand final.
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Post by: Snow Leopard on July 08, 2019, 10:17:14 pm
86: Getting rid of something by burying it, ejecting someone, or refusing service (American English slang)
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Post by: SlowandSteady on July 08, 2019, 10:30:57 pm
87: The "devil's number" in cricket (13 runs short of a century).
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Post by: Snow Leopard on July 08, 2019, 11:07:17 pm
88: The atomic number of the element radium.
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Post by: geminii on July 09, 2019, 12:28:50 am
88: The atomic number of the element radium.

Also wanted to add, another reason 88 is special is because there are 88 constellations in the sky!

89 is the number that no one has been able to reach for the number of times a stone skips on water (the record is 88).
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Post by: Snow Leopard on July 09, 2019, 07:02:57 pm
90: the code for the French département Belfort.
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Post by: sweetiepi on July 09, 2019, 10:00:20 pm
91: palindromic in bases 3 \((10101_3)\), 9 \((111_9)\), and 12 \((77_{12})\).
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Post by: Snow Leopard on July 10, 2019, 05:38:25 pm
92: The code for international direct dial phone calls to Pakistan.
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Post by: caffinatedloz on November 14, 2019, 03:31:38 pm
93: A number that is said to mean agape (love) in the Greek tradition isopsephy, a thing where you add the number values of letters in a word to form one number.
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Post by: RuiAce on November 14, 2019, 10:27:51 pm
94: Amount of graphics, non-whitespace ASCII characters
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Post by: for_icarus on November 15, 2019, 02:01:17 pm
95: Lightning McQueen's number
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Post by: caffinatedloz on November 15, 2019, 02:22:47 pm
96: The tram to the beach. ;D