DID YOU KNOW
To the Chinese 8 is the luckiest number (because it sounds like the word for prosperity) and it’s no coincidence that the Beijing Olympics began at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm on 8/08/2008.In Japan, 9 is unlucky because the word sounds like the word for pain.
The cream of New York society were dubbed the Upper Ten by Boston publisher Nathaniel P. Willis in the mid 19th century.
The Indian 2 rupee coin is a henedecagon – an 11-sided shape.
While 12 is still a common number for jurors, in Scotland 15 is the norm.
Zero originated in India in the 2nd century BCE. The mathematician Fibonacci was key to its adoption in the West.
Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia. It may relate to the number at table at the Last Supper.
87 is the unluckiest number for Australian cricketers – 13 away from 100.
The luckiest male is believed to be the seventh son of the seventh son.
