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1The Power of 1 2 3 4
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2Tahi - Number 1
35 - 32 - 52 75 - 72 - 52 1/2 1/3
1/6? 1/2 1/4 1/6 1/12 ? 1/21 1/22
1/23 1/24 1/25 ..
A Cyclops is a creature with only one eye and a
Dromedary is a camel with only one hump
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3During any police lineup the suspects wear nos. 2
through 9 because it is considered too suggestive
to make anyone display the no. 1!
1 x 1 1 ?11 x 11 121 ?111 x 111 12321 ?1111
x 1111 1234321 etc ?
Benford's law states that in a huge assortment of
number sequences the digit 1 tends to occur with
probability 30
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4Rua - Number 2
The most common two-letter words in order of
frequency are of, to, in, it, is, be, as, at,
so, we, he, by, or, on, do, if, me, my, up, an,
go, no, us, am.
Mark Twain means two fathoms (pen name for
Samuel Clemens)
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52 2 2 x 2 22 33 - 52? (32 42 52 62
72 82 92)/ (12 22 32 42 52 62
72)
"Liangyi" (Number 2), in the Mystical Numbers of
Taoism, symbolizes the Twin, the First Division,
the Duality of Opposites (Yin/Yang).
A honey bee must tap TWO million flowers to make
ONE pound of honey!
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6Toru - Number 3
In Text language lt3 means 'I love you', and lt333,
'I love you so much'.
The letters A, F, H, K, N, Y and Z are made up
with 3 lines.
Spell 'mousetrap' in 3 letters?
Answer C-A-T.
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7 An octopus has 3 hearts.
There are three geometric constructions you
cannot build using just a ruler and compasses 1.
You cannot trisect a given angle 2. Double a
cube and 3. Square a circle.
A number is divisible by 3 when the sum of its
digits can be divided by 3.
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8Wha - Number 4
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9 The word 'four' has 4 letters - an honest number.
A riddle Show how one-half of five is four!?
Answer five f iv e and iv 4!
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10 Four colors suffice
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11 Why do watches and clocks use the Roman numeral
IIII for 4 - not IV ?
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13 Set A
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14 Set B
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15 Set C
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16 Set D
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17 Set E
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