Saturday, September 29, 2001

 
Fun facts about the number 28:

- 28 is a perfect number.

- 28 is the atomic number of Nickel

- A baby at 28 weeks eye lashes are developing, as subcutaneous fat is deposited. If it'shave a baby boy, his testes will probably begin descending. It's about 13.8 inches long (35 cms) and weighs about 2 pounds 4 ounces (1 kilogram)!

- There are 28 digits in one cubit.

- It takes the Moon a little less than 28 Earth days to orbit around the Earth. The lunar day is also a little less than 28 Earth days.

- A 28-sided polygon is called an icosikaioctagon.

- February usually has 28 days, and so does the average female menstrual cycle.

- 28 is a triangle number.

- The string 28 was found at position 33 counting from the first digit after the decimal point in pi.

- XXVIII, 11100, 34, and 1C are all different ways of expressing the number 28.

- Some cod can produce as many as 28 million eggs.

- The primitive marine mollusc the Nautilus has a coiled shell up to 28cm in diameter, just like its ancestors 450 million years ago.

- Acturus is the fourth brightest star in the sky and is 28 times larger than the sun.

- There are usually 28 tiles in a dominoes set.

- The color corresponding to the hexadecimal value of #282828 is          . The color corresponding to the hexadecimal value of #1C1C1C (hex for RGB values of 28,28,28) is          .

- Also, a beautiful, illuminating,talented,sensual,real geek woman that I love is 28 years old on October 14th, 2001.

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