Monday, January 22, 2007

27

27

some random trivia about the number 27:

the moon takes 27 days to orbit the earth

a lawn tennis court is 27 feet wide

the age at which Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain died was 27

if you add the numbers between 2 and 7 the result is 27

the number of books in the new testament

the number of pieces in a rubik's cube

the number of letters in the greek, spanish, hebrew alphabets

the sun revolves on its axis every 27 days

the human hand contains 27 bones

it takes 27 days for a human cell to re-grow

The current number of Amendments to the United States Constitution

The modal age of the peak peformance year for major league baseball position players

The code for international direct-dial phone calls to South Africa

The number of completed, numbered piano concertos by Mozart

The age at which most women find eternal happiness, wealth, health and everything they desire


yes, i made up the last one, but u never know.

and just because it's there, here's a
link to a website dedicated to pictures of the number 27 in random contexts.

11 comments:

The pie fairy said...

so u just turned 27? I tured 26 a few days ago :( I liked 25 better :~~~~(

Joud said...

i did indeed.. yeah i liked 25 better too !

Kinano said...

So you just went and googled '27'?!

You got too much free time buddy :p

Anonymous said...

I think there are 26 pieces on a rubik's cube.... ?? at least... that's what I'm counting in my head when I'm imagining the cube...

Joud said...

kinan: yeah i just turned 27 so the number had been stuck in my head all day

moocherex: it's like having 3 planes stacked together, 9 pieces each

Kinano said...

Well, happy 27 then.

How's it like?! I still have half a decade to get there.

Elijah said...

Joud:
Just shoot kinan!!! Seriously, shinu half a decade? then what will he say about 29?? :/

Kinano said...

*Puts on Armor*

29?! umm.. is that a number?!

Joud said...

kinan: cant tell u what it's like yet, am still new at this ;)

elijah: ah ya know, youngsters !

Anonymous said...

27 is the age i find happiness, health, wealth n god knows what! enshalla *fingers crossed* hope you getém too :)

Joud said...

thanks chikapappi, same to u :)