Thursday, April 5, 2012

Number 36

Many early computers featured a 36-bit word length.

In the UK, a standard beer barrel is 36 UK gallons, about 163.7 litres.

36 is the number of degrees in the interior angle of each tip of a regular pentagram.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Number 41

Paul McCartney sings the phrase "Let It Be" in the Beatles  hit song of the same title 41 times.

In the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest, Cary Grant is attacked by a crop-dusting airplane at Prairie Corners on Highway 41.

The international direct dialing (IDD) code for Switzerland

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Number 38

Egyptian pharaohs were often buried with 38 statues of cat guardians, and their sarcophagi were adorned with 38 ankhs.

There are 38 surviving plays written by William Shakespeare.

The gate of the sci-fi TV series Stargate SG-1 can stay open a maximum of 38 minutes.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Number 12

Twelfth Night is a comedy by William Shakespeare.

Twelve is a character in the Street Fighter video game.

King Arthur's round table had 12 knights plus King Arthur himself.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Number 26

In a normal deck of cards, there are 26 red cards and 26 black cards.

The age at which males can no longer be drafted in the United States of America.

A 2003 novel by Leo McKay, Jr..

Number 49

English soccer team, Arsenal had a 49 game unbeaten run between May 2003 to October 2004. It set a national record in English football.

A Bob Dylan song is entitled: "Days of 49".

It is the atomic number of indium.

Number 10

It is the house number of 10 Downing Street.

There are ten official inkblots in the Rorschach inkblot test.

Counting from one to ten before speaking is often done in order to cool one's temper.

Number 46

The atomic number of palladium.

The code for international direct dial phone calls to Sweden.

46 is the number that unlocks the Destiny spaceship on the popular Sci-Fi TV show Stargate Universe.