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I noticed that and thought of that (before your post)DrainBrain wrote:... and is featured on the Google home page today.DrainBrain wrote:The Prague Astronomical Clock has a repeating mechanism of 1, 2, 3, 4, 3 and 2 chimes that allows it to chime all the numbers from 1 to 24 in sequence.
Interestingly enough, that was the last B-road number to be allocated in zone 2 in the original 1922 numbering scheme. The sequence carries on a lot further now (see here) but there's no obvious geographical pattern to the remaining numbers.DrainBrain wrote:We're clearly into a range of numbered roads that's near where I live.
The Southsea parkrun route goes past the southern end of the B2155.
You what?GuyBarry wrote:Right - the QI forum (in response to a bit of deliberate provocation from me) have drawn level:
I don't think they like me very much over thereA Challenge wrote:You what?GuyBarry wrote:Right - the QI forum (in response to a bit of deliberate provocation from me) have drawn level:
Quick... I've just done 2169 so we need 2170 next please...GuyBarry wrote:I don't think they like me very much over thereA Challenge wrote:You what?GuyBarry wrote:Right - the QI forum (in response to a bit of deliberate provocation from me) have drawn level:
(6 to catch up as I write this - although they are absolutely adamant that they're not taking part in any sort of competition.)
I shouldn't say this but HORRAY!GuyBarry wrote:Whisper it gently, but we're ahead of QI again.
The number 47 was very significant for me when I was young for a number of reasons. So very interesting that you should post this - I never knew there was a 47 Society!GuyBarry wrote:The 47 Society is dedicated to random sightings of the number 47. They claim that "47 appears to be the quintessential random number of the universe. In other words, when a number appears randomly, more often than not, that number is 47. In other other words, if you asked people to pick a number at random, more often than not, that number would be 47."
How dare they make a joke out of my favourite number of all time!GuyBarry wrote:Further investigation reveals it to be an in-joke by students at Pomona College in Claremont, California: The Mystery of 47.
Jolly good, but it would have been even better if you'd posted it in the main Counting thread...A Challenge wrote:2213 Inc. are a furniture company that have named themselves after a prime number for some reason!
You've taken 2133 now as well!GuyBarry wrote:Jolly good, but it would have been even better if you'd posted it in the main Counting thread...A Challenge wrote:2213 Inc. are a furniture company that have named themselves after a prime number for some reason!