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Random factlets about the number 23, the number of Chaos.
The number 23 has long been a source of fascination, even more than other prime numbers...
What is it about this unusual number?
What is it about this unusual number?
23 Mathematics
- 23 is a prime number.
- 2 + 3 = 5, another prime number.
- 23 is the ninth prime number:
2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 - According to Math.com, the name for a 23 sided polygon would be "Icosikaitrigon" or even "23gon".
I propose we call it "Illuminatigon".
- The interior angles of an Illuminatigon are 164.34782608695653 degrees. It has 3780 interior angles.
Higher Math, In Depth
- Prime Curious: 23
- Deeper mathematical curiousities of the number 23, from The Prime Pages.
There are 23 original Peter Rabbit books.
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The Illuminatus & the Number 23
Discordian Numerology
23 is the focal number of the Discordians, an absurdist philosophy that is based on the Principia Discordia, a work by Malaclypse the Younger, Robert Anton Wilson, & Kerry W. Thornley.
Robert Anton Wilson's related books, The Illuminatus Trilogy, theorize that historically significant and just plain weird events happen on the 23rd more often than statistically probable.
See also 23 Golden Apples.
Robert Anton Wilson's related books, The Illuminatus Trilogy, theorize that historically significant and just plain weird events happen on the 23rd more often than statistically probable.
See also 23 Golden Apples.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan
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Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
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Science & 23
- Human gametes have 23 chromosomes each.
- The Earth is tilted on a roughly 23 degree axis.
- The 23rd pair of chromosomes determines biological sex in humans.
- The 23rd element on the Periodic Chart is Vanadium, which is bright white, soft, and toxic.
Philosophy, History, & Letters 23
- The 23rd hexagram of the I Ching is Po ~ Splitting Apart.
- In the Tao Te Ching, 23.
- W is the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.
- Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States.
Movie Appearances
- A 1998 German movie called 23 gave the story of 80's hacker Karl Koch, probable inventor of the first Trojan Horse virus. Karl was fascinated by The Illuminatus Trilogy and is rumored to have committed suicide on the 23rd of May, 1989.
- The Number 23, a movie starring Jim Carrey & Virginia Madsen, is about a man who discovers and becomes obsessed with a book seemingly about his life...
And the number 23.
Veiw the trailer for The Number 23
On The 23rd of Ever...
Events of note that happened on the 23rd.
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- 232 divided by three is .666 232 divided by three is .666 Jun 10, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
- 2 divided by three is .666
blood takes 23 seconds to circulate
tropic of capricorn and cancer are on 23 and a half degrees north and south
(times) 11:12 3:20 3:23
birth date of 1995 9 plus 9 plus 5 divided by 1 is 23
mayans belived the world would end on december 12 2012 20 plus 1 plus 2 is 23
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- fax fax Feb 22, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
- i recently notice this to
the flight name of the plane the crashed in to the twin towers on 911 is 175
9 11 =20
1 7=(8-5) =3
and there u get 23
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- Coral Michelle middleton Coral Michelle middleton Sep 19, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
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- Lim Ee Hai Lim Ee Hai Feb 16, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
- This number 23 is a fascinating number. Many events actually happened related to this 23. There is also a movie made based on this number. 23 is a popular number printed onto many T-shirts. Numbers, numbers....
Numbers produces wonders!
I have a maths blog at www.limeehai.com
Anyone is welcomed to visit it. Maybe you can discover more amazing numbers form there. Cheers!
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- Thenumber23isit Thenumber23isit Sep 16, 2007 @ 1:38 am
- did you that september 11 is also a 23.
11 9 2 0 0 1 = 23 !!!!!!
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