| Today's number is 28 |
| 28 is 4 x 7 (more later) |
| 28 is the sum of the first 7 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28 |
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| 28 is also the sum of the first 5 non-primes 1+4+6+8+9 = 28 |
| 28 is the only known number that can can be expressed as all 3 of the above sums. For example 36 is also the sum of the first natural numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8),
but not a sum of first primes or first non-primes. 10 is the sum of the first
primes (2+3+5) and natural numbers (1+2+3+4) but not the first non-primes (1+4+6).
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| 28 is the atomic mass of Silicon |
| 28 is the atomic number of Nickel . |
| 28 is the number of days in the average human menstrual cycle. . |
| I28 is the number of days in February in a normal year |
| 28 is the number of dominoes in a standard domino set |
| 28 is the number of grams in an ounce |
| Holy Shit, Batman, 28 is 4 x 7! Accordingly, x/28, whenever x =4n, is the same as n/7 which gets us back to the freaky repeating decimal (0.142857) discussed on the 7th, the 14th and the 21st. The decimal part of n/7 where n is a natural number not a multiple of 999,999 or 7 is the remainder x 0.142857 repeated on out to infinity. n/14 has similar rules, as does n/21, and n/28 which is, for example ... |
| 1/28 = 0.0357142857142857 & repeat 142857 indefinitely |
| 2/28 = 1/14 = 0.07142857142857 & repeat 142857 indefinitely |
| 3/28 = 0.107142857142857 & repeat 142857 indefinitely |
| 4/28 = 1/7 = 0.142857142857 & repeat 142857 indefinitely |
| 5/28 = 0.17857142857 & repeat 142857 indefinitely |
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| 28 BCE was the Year of the First Consulship of Octavian and Agrippa |
| The earliest dated record of a sunspot by Chinese astronomers was on May 10, 28. |
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28 CE was The Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Caesar |
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| On this date in |
| 34 | Emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate |
| 1776 | Juan Bautista de Anza picked a site for the Presidio of San Francisco |
| 1814 |
The UK Navy defeated the US Navy at the Battle of Valparaiso (Where? WTF?)
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| 1871 | The Paris Commune was formally established |
| 1979 | Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 suffered a partial meltdown. No biggie. |
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Born this day in |
| 1472 | Fra Bartolomeo, a painter |
| 1483 | Raphael, a painter & architect |
| 1760 | Thomas Clarkson, a British abolitionist activist who helped to outlaw the British slave trade in 1807 |
| 1836 |
Frederick Pabst, who made the beer that made Milwaukee famous
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| 1868 | Maxim Gorky, an author & playwright |
| 1890 | Paul Whiteman a violinist, composer & bandleader |
| 1928 | Zbigniew Brzezinski, a professional meddler |
| 1934 | Lester R. Brown, an environmentalist who founded the Earth Policy Institute and the Worldwatch Institute. |
| 1944 | Rick Barry, an extraordinary roundball player |
| 1954 |
Donald Brown, a pianist and educator (The Jazz Messengers) |
| 1955 |
Reba McEntire, a CW singer & songwriter, y’all |
| 1969 |
Rodney Atkins, a CW singer, songwriter & guitarist, yee haw |
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Died this day in |
| 1584 | Ivan the Terrible, a king |
| 1794 | Marquis de Condorcet, a mathematician & philosopher |
| 1868 | James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, the bozo who led the charge of the Light Brigade. A type of sweater (Cardigan), who served under a type of sleeve (Lord Raglan) at the battle of Balaclava (a type of ski mask) in such fashion as to cause the observing French General Pierre Bosquet to famously declaim “C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre”</td>
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| 1881 |
Modest Mussorgsky, a composer of unknown modesty whose birth was featured last week |
| 1941 | Virginia Wolf, whom none need fear any longer |
| 1953 | Jim Thorpe, a Native American and extraordinary athlete |
| 1958 |
W.C. Handy, a trumpet player & composer |
| 1969 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, a general & U.S. President |
| 1974 |
Arthur Crudup, a guitarist, singer & songwriter |
| 1985 |
Marc Chagall, an artist |
| 1994 | Eugène Ionesco, a playwright who turned into a rhinoceros |
| 2001 |
Moe Koffman, a composer, flautist & saxophonist |
| 2003 |
Rusty Draper, a singer & songwriter |
| 2006 | Caspar (Cap) Weinberger, a Stanford grad who butchered the English language with endless awful neologisms |
| 2010 |
Herb Ellis, a guitarisst |
| 2012 |
Earl Scruggs, a banjo player, and just why aren’t they called banjoists, I ask you? |
| 2013 |
Hugh McCracken, a guitarist, harmonica player & producer |
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| Holidays, Holy Days, Feasts, Observances and such |
So it looks like we gots ...
Paul Whiteman
Donald Brown
Reba McEntire
Rodney Atkins
Modest Mussorgsky (back to back weeks)
W. C. Handy
Arthur Crudup
Moe Koffman
Rusty Draper
Herb Ellis
Earl Scruggs,
Hugh McCracken
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When this posts I’ll be in the Anza-Borrego desert, a little south of Yaqui Pass down along San Felipe Wash, and nobody has any cell coverage out there, so you’re on your own. Play nicely among yourselves.
Crossposted from Caucus 99%