Day 97/365 #FactsOfTheDay
9️⃣7️⃣ = the largest 2-digit prime number.
In chat & internet slang 9️⃣7️⃣ often means "Ok".
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⚕️1948 the World Health Organisation (WHO) was formed by the United Nations.
🌋 1906 Mount Vesuvius erupted, devastating the city of Naples, 🇮🇹.
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Archimedes used a 9️⃣6️⃣-sided polygon to calculate the value of
π (pi).
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1973 NASA launched the Pioneer 11 space probe to study the asteroid belt & environment around Jupiter & Saturn.
2020 the first known animal (a 4-year-old Malayan 🐅) contracted Covid-19
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🙏🏻 In the Baháʼí Faith believers recite "Alláh-u-Abhá" (God is All-Glorious) x9️⃣5️⃣ daily.
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🗺️ 1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island. (This ended 1,400 years of isolation for the island).
🏉 1904 the 1st international rugby league took place in Wigan, 🏴
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The Greek Numeral for 9️⃣4️⃣ = ϞΔ´.
The Roman Numeral for 9️⃣4️⃣ = XCIV.
9️⃣4️⃣ = the atomic number for Plutonium (Pu).
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💻 1975 Microsoft was founded.
🏙️ 1973 The Twin Tower World Trade Center was officially opened.
👨🏾 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
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🔪 9️⃣3️⃣ = the highest number of pieces a 🍰 may be cut into using 8 straight cuts
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💻 1981 the 🌍’s 1st portable computer was announced; it had no battery, so needed to be plugged-in at all times
1721 Robert Walpole gained the title of first Prime Minister of 🇬🇧
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Counting from 1️⃣ to 9️⃣2️⃣ takes ≈45 seconds.
Uranium has the atomic number 9️⃣2️⃣.
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1800 Beethoven performed his first concert “for his benefit” at 🇦🇹’s Royal Imperial Court Theatre.
2025 Scientists unveiled a pacemaker as small as a grain of rice
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9️⃣0️⃣ is represented as “XC” in Roman numerals.
🧭 The North Pole (90°N), & the South Pole (90°S) are located at 9️⃣0️⃣ degrees latitude.
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1889 the Eiffel Tower was officially opened.
💻 1991 the World Wide Web was made publicly available by Tim Berners-Lee.
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8️⃣9️⃣ is a strobogrammatic number,& appears as 68 when flipped.
In Vietnamese slang "8️⃣9️⃣" means "good night" as "9" (chin) sounds similar to "night"
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🌻 1987 vanGogh’s “Sunflowers” was sold for $39.7 million - the most ever paid for a painting!
A #cloud weighs around a million tonnes.A cloud typically has a volume of around 1km3 and a density of around 1.003kg per m3 –that's a density that’s around 0.4 per cent lower than the air surrounding it(this is how they are able to float). #LightAsACloud
#WeightyFact
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#JustTheFact
Day 87/365 #FactsOfTheDay
In Australian 🏏 a score of 8️⃣7️⃣ = an unlucky "devil's number" with the superstition that batsmen get out at this score.
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🏋🏼♂️ 1891 the 🌍’s 1st weightlifting championship took place.
2017 the 🌍’s largest 🦖 footprint (1.7 m) was discovered in West Australia.
Day 86/365 #FactsOfTheDay
“To 8️⃣6️⃣" = slang for ‘getting rid of’, ‘refusing to help’, or ‘cancelling something.
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🏉 1871 the 1st international rugby match (🏴 vs 🏴) was played in Edinburgh
1964 Alaska experienced the 2nd strongest ever recorded earthquake (9.2 magnitude Richter Scale)
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The atomic number for Astatine (the rarest naturally occurring element in the 🌍’s crust) = 8️⃣5️⃣.
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🚗 1934 the UK introduced driving tests.
🔥 1872 the fire extinguisher was patented by Thomas J. Martin.
1840 the 1st photo of the 🌙 was taken by John Draper.
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📐 Geometrically, 8️⃣4️⃣ = a tetrahedral number & related to 7D hypercubes.
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🔭 1655 Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan-Saturn's largest moon.
⚖️ 1807: The British Parliament abolished the slave trade.
1954 the 1st colour 📺 went on sale.
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8️⃣3️⃣ = the atomic number of Bismuth (Bi), a brittle, silvery-white metal.
🌏 Vanuatu = an island nation in the South Pacific composed of 8️⃣3️⃣ islands
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1921 the 🌍’s 1st international women’s sporting event began in 🇲🇨
1882 R.Koch discovered the 🦠 that causes TB
Day 82/365 #FactsOfTheDay
🌌 Messier 8️⃣2️⃣ (M82), known as The Cigar Galaxy, is a type of starburst galaxy ≈12 million light-years away
♟️ In a chess game, there are a total of 8️⃣2️⃣ possible positions after the 1st 2 moves by both sides
🚃 1861 London launched its 1st tram, built by George Francis Train.
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🏍️ 8️⃣1️⃣ primarily symbolises the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (H=8th & A=1st letter).
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🎶 1963 The Beatles released their 1st album “Please Please Me” (10 of the album’s tracks were recorded in 1 day)
1903 Niagara Falls waterfall ran out of 💦 during a drought
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🏛️ in Roman numerals 8️⃣0️⃣ is represented as LXXX.
⚛️ The atomic number of Mercury (H𝑔) = 8️⃣0️⃣.
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⛓️💥 1963 Alcatraz prison (San Francisco Bay) closed.
👶🏻 2019 A woman in 🇧🇩 gave birth to twins x1 month after giving birth previously - amazingly, she had two uteruses.
Day 79/365 #FactsOfTheDay
🌋 In 7️⃣9️⃣AD Mount Vesuvius erupted destroying Pompeii & Herculaneum
7️⃣9️⃣ = a #HappyNumber; if you sum the squares of its digits it eventually reaches 1
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🪐 1345 Saturn, Jupiter & Mars came into alignment & medieval scholars believed this caused the Black Death
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📀 “A 78" refers to an old-fashioned gramophone record, played at 7️⃣8️⃣ RPM.
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🦏 2018 the last male northern white rhinoceros died which marked the extinction of the species.
🍳 1994 the 🌍’s largest omelet was cooked up in 🇯🇵 & used 160,000 🥚.
Day 77/365 #FactsOfTheDay
7️⃣7️⃣ symbolises higher wisdom, personal growth, & positive changes, & is often associated with double encouragement.
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👩🏻🚀 1965 cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk.
🤚🏻 2003 the UK government recognised British Sign Language as an official language.
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⚛️ 7️⃣6️⃣ = atomic number of Osmium (a hard, brittle & heaviest natural metal).
7️⃣6️⃣ = a Lucas number (part of a sequence of numbers that companion the Fibonacci numbers).
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1905 Albert Einstein wrote his 1st paper on the Quantum Theory of Light.
My therapist told me in order to be open to dating you must build a better relationship with yourself so that you can address things that bother you WHEN they do. So you can avoid holding onto people longer than they deserve.
#therapy #relationship #dating #factsoftheday #healing #friendship
Day 74/365 #FactsOfTheDay
In 🇨🇳 interpretations 7️⃣4️⃣ = considered unlucky (translating to "angry to death").
💡 Tungsten (W) has the atomic number 7️⃣4️⃣ & the highest melting point of known elements.
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⚓️ 1493 Christopher Columbus completed his 1st voyage to the Americas & returned to 🇪🇸.
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7️⃣3️⃣ = a significant prime & is often called the "Sheldon Prime," characterised by its unique mathematical symmetry; it’s the 21st prime, its mirror (37) is the 12th prime, & 21 = the product of 7 & 3.
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🍪 1912 the “Oreo” cookie trademarked its name.
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A healthy adult's resting 🫀 rate is ≈7️⃣2️⃣ beats per minute.
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🚀 1969 Apollo 9 & crew returned to 🌍 after a 10-day mission orbiting 🌍.
🔭 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announced the discovery of Pluto.
🪐 1781 Uranus was 1st observed by William Herschel.
Day 71/365 #FactsOfTheDay
⚛️ 7️⃣1️⃣ is the atomic number of the rare 🌎 element Lutetium.
7️⃣1️⃣ = an emirp (a prime that results in a different prime when its digits are reversed = 1️⃣7️⃣).
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🥤1894 Coca-Cola was first sold in a glass bottle.
🌏 1968 Mauritius gained independence from the UK.
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Antarctica contains 7️⃣0️⃣% of the 🌎’s fresh water (in 🧊 form).
🐆 Cheetahs (the 🌎’s fastest mammal) can run 70mph.
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🐼 1869 the existence of giant pandas became known to the Western 🌎.
🌋 1669 Sicily’s Mount Etna erupted killing >20,000 people.
Day 69/365 #FactsOfTheDay
6️⃣9️⃣ is the atomic number for Thulium.
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1862 🇺🇸 issued paper money in denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000 notes.
📞 1876 the 1st ever telephone call was made.
🪐 1982 all planets, (plus Pluto), lined up with the sun.
Day 68/365 #FactsOfTheDay
6️⃣8️⃣cm is the maximum permitted length of a 🏸 racket.
🌙 Jupiter has 6️⃣8️⃣ known moons.
There are 6️⃣8️⃣ species of bumble🐝 in Europe, 68 species of 🦟 in Florida & 68 species of freshwater 🐟 in 🇫🇮.
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1931 the electron microscope is invented by 🇩🇪 physicist E. Ruska.
Day 67/365 #FactsOfTheDay
6️⃣7️⃣ is the sum of 5 consecutive prime numbers; (7+11+13+17+19).
✋🏻↕️🤚🏻The phrase "6️⃣-7️⃣" originated from the 2024 rap song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla & is nonsensical & all about absurdity".
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👭🏼 1975 the UN marked for the 1st time International Women's Day.
