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On the Number 24
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| 1) | The 12th even number = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 |
| 2) | Number of hours in a day = 24 |
| 3) | Product of the 1st and 6th even numbers = 2 x 12 = 24 |
| 4) | Product of the 2nd and 3rd even numbers = 4 x 6 = 24 |
| 5) | Product of the 1st composite & 1st perfect number 4 x 6 = 24 |
| 6) | Product of the 2nd triangular & 2nd cube numbers = 3 x 8 = 24 |
| 7) | Sum of the 5th and 6th prime numbers 11 + 13 = 24 |
| 8) | The 4th abundant number = 12, 18, 20, 24 |
| 9) | Factorial 4 = 4! = 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 24 |
| 10) | The 292nd & 293rd digits of pi = 24 |
| 11) | The 78th & 79th digits of phi = 24 |
| 12) | Atomic Number of Chromium (Cr) = 24 (24 protons & 24 electrons) |
| 13) | Number of ribs in the human body = 24 |
| 14) | Number of chapters in Homer's Iliad = 24 |
| 15) | Number of chapters in Homer's Odyssey = 24 |
| 16) | Number of chapters in the Gospel of St. Luke = 24 |
| 17) | The 24th day of the year = January 24 |
| 18) | The 24th hexagram of the I Ching: Fu / Return (The Turning Point) |
| 19) | one pennyweight = 24 grams |
| 20) | one league = 24 furlongs (league = 4.83 kilometers) |
| 21) | one florin = 24 pence (Old British currency) |
| 22) | 24 carat gold means pure gold (12 carat gold is 50% pure) |
| 23) | Gene Pitney's 24 Hours from Tulsa reached Top 5 music chart in Britain. |
| 24) | The board game Nine Men's Morris has 24 holes for pegs. |
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Advent calendars have doors numbered from 1 to 24. The last door is to be opened on December 24, Christmas Eve. |
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Twenty-Four Eyes (Nijushi No Hitomi) (1954) is the only film available on videotape from Keisuke Kinoshita. The film chronicles 20 years in the lives of a loving teacher (Hideo Takemine) and 12 of her pupils in a small Inland Sea village. James Monaco (Ed.), The Movie Guide, Perigee Book, NY, p. 1009) |
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Numerology: words whose letters add up to 24
HOLY: 8 + 6 + 3 + 7 = 24 TRUTH: 2 + 9 + 3 + 2 + 8 = 24 FOUR: 6 + 6 + 3 + 9 = 24 FIVE: 6 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 24 NINE: 5 + 9 + 5 + 5 = 24 TWELVE: 2 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 24
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