Monday, March 26, 2012

Ode to Forty-Six


-In December 2010, The Economist ran an article called “The Joy of Growing Old" (or why life begins at 46).

-46 is the natural number following 45 and preceding 47. 

-A typical human cell contains a total of 46 chromosomes.

-A large Disney Cars puzzle consists of 46 large pieces.

-Items that are 46 inches or larger require special shipping costs.

-US manufacturing still tops China's by nearly 46 percent.

-46% = 0.46

-46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.

-46 is the 13th semiprime.

-46% of America's lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life

-46% of Facebookers are over 45.

-46% of Americans own a smartphone.

-Planters Cashew halves and pieces are usually shipped in 46 ounce tins.

-46 is the atomic number of Palladium.

-46 is the decimal value of the ASCII code for the period.

-The Adirondack mountain range has 46 peaks.

-The code for international direct calls to Sweden is 46.

-46 in Japanese can be pronounced as "yon roku", and "yoroshiku"(よろしく) means "my best regards" in Japanese, so people sometimes use 46 for greeting.

-46 is the number that unlocks the Destiny spaceship on the popular Sci-Fi TV show Stargate Universe.

46. Not so bad after all.


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