Why 5, 8 and 24 Are the Strangest Numbers in the Universe

Scientific American ^ | May 4, 2011 | Michael Moyer

[RobRoy]

I love onions, but I’ve never tried an oct onion. Are they sweet?

[RobRoy]

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don’t.

Someone had to say it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

That maybe true but 42 is the answer to everything.

Including Life and the Universe.

Now, where shall we have lunch?

[tacticalogic]

Now, where shall we have lunch?

Know a good, out-of-the-way restaraunt, by chance?

[taildragger]

"Wait a minute, 24-5 is 19....."

( That is really funny if you are long time Rush listener :-) )

[svcw]

Where ever you want just don’t forget your towel. ;-)

[Gena Bukin]

bfl

[Talisker]

25 or 6 to 4.

Loved that drum solo ever since I was a kid.

And, always puzzled about the phrase - what the heck was "6 to 4"?

Then after a mere 30 years or so of contemplating it, I realized...

oh.

[mikrofon]

But One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do...

[Daffynition]

[beandog]

Two can be as bad as one, it’s the loneliest number since the number one.

[dfwgator]

pick up on line 19........

Nnnnn-na-na-na, nnnnn-na-na, Nineteen....

[SunkenCiv]

the only other member of the “octonions” keyword:

Magic Remote Influencing (mighty strange)
Very strange web site | 2002 | Tim Rifat
Posted on 05/13/2003 8:23:44 PM PDT by dark_lord
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/911037/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks decimon for doing the deed, and thanks also to a FReeper who shall remain nameless for the link in FReepmail.

---

---

· List topics · post a topic · subscribe · Google ·

---

[rickomatic]

PI is strange if you ask me.

PI are round. Cornbread are square.

[dhs12345]

Lol.

[Raider Sam]

3:35 or 3:34 ?

[bvw]

Wick rotation, extended past quaternions.

[Paladin2]

"Jack Bauer is now operative"?

I don't watch TV, but research indicates that it may be so. Be careful out there.

[Raider Sam]

According to songfacts, the songwriter wrote this song from the point of view of another songwriter trying to write a hit. Its about being up late writing lyrics and “waiting on the break of day.”

For the numbers, it means the time it was written was either 3:35 or 3:34 am, which would be either 25 or 26 minutes to 4 am.