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PostSubject: Trivia about numbers   Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:24 am

There are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the Statue of Liberty
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PostSubject: Re: Trivia about numbers   Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:27 am

Sweden is the biggest user of ketchup spending$4 a year on it. Australia comes in second with $2.50 spent on ketchup each year Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: Trivia about numbers   Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:46 am

Teenagers often have episodes of anger and negativity in which they slam doors and scream tirades. According to experts, most puberty-driven "snit fits" last an average of 15 minutes
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PostSubject: Re: Trivia about numbers   Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:07 pm

QUESTION: The Chinese, being among the earliest mathematicians in the world, have held a long fascination with things numerical. Add to this is the tonal nature of the Chinese languages, and you end up with numbers that take on their own meanings and stories. What number is considered "lucky" to the most Chinese?

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Seven - Qi
This sounds like the words for 'wife' or 'angry' and is therefore probably not all that lucky for most Chinese - especially the male population!

Four - Si
This is a homonym for 'dead'. Most Chinese will go to great lengths to avoid the number four in their phone number or car number plate. Many tall buildings don't even have a 4th or 14th floor!

Three - San
'Class dismissed' or 'umbrella'. Neither of these homonyms is really terrible but not exactly lucky either.

Eight - Ba
That's it! It's really from the southern Chinese dialects (Cantonese and Fujianese) and it's because in Chinese the word for 8 "ba" is a homonym for "prosperity". A Chinese man in New York recently paid a record amount for a phone number with six 'eights'. And the Beijing Olympics will be in
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PostSubject: Re: Trivia about numbers   Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:36 pm

did u know that the next number on number 1 is 2? jajajaja
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