July 27, 2009
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22
22, according to the very accurate and source-worthy Wikipedia, is, and here I am quoting, "the natural number following 21 and preceding 23."
Its proper divisors are 1 (obviously), 2, 11, and 22. Divide it by 7 and you get a pretty close approximation of pi.
The book of Revelation has 22 chapters.
22 is a palindrome.
It is the atomic number of Titanium. That's right, titanium.Incidentally, it is how long Jimbo has existed on this Earth. Long live the King!
Happy birthday, me!
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Happy Birthday! Here are some other 22-isms for your celebration:
According to Bambaras, the totality of mystical knowledge is contained in the symbols of the first twenty-two numbers.
In Jainism there are 22 types of suffering.
The solid Greek cubical cross is composed of 22 squares, corresponding with the 22 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.
The Human head is made up of 22 bones: 8 for the cranium and 14 for the face,
and most importantly, In the year 22 AD the Red Eyebrows defeated the main Chinese imperial army at Liang.
Pulled all of these (some word for word, others I verified) from here if you want to take a look at it yourself. Enjoy your Day of Birth!
Yay, you are as old as I am for another 5 months.