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Astronomical clock in Prague
24 is also:
* The number of bits a computer needs to represent truecolour images (for a maximum of 16,777,216 colours). (But greater numbers of bits provide more accurate colors. "Truecolor" is one of many possible color representations.)
* The number of a broadcast television channel
* The number of Carats representing 100% pure gold.
* The number of cycles in the Chinese solar year.
* The number of frames per second at which motion picture film is usually projected.
* The number of hours in a day.
* The number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet. For the latter reason, also the number of chapters or "books" into which Homer's Odyssey and Iliad came to be divided
* 24, television series starring Kiefer Sutherland. Each episode covers one hour, with 24 episodes making up one entire "day".
* The number of points on a backgammon board.
* When pronounced "two-four", a 24-pack of beer (Canadianism).
* A children's mathematical game involving the use of any of the 4 standard operations on 4 numbers on a card to get 24 (see Math 24)
* "24", a song by Welsh musician Jem
* The maximum number of Knight Companions in the Order of the Garter
* The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the Civil Rights-era amendments, abolishing poll tax requirements in federal elections.
* The designation of US Interstate 24, a freeway that runs from Tennessee to Illinois. Also many other roads called Route 24
* 24 is considered an unlucky number in Cantonese culture because its pronunciation is similar to that of "easy to die". For this reason, many buildings skip this floor number. The same goes for 13, 34, 44, etc.
* #24 is a recurring character on The Venture Bros.
* A Straight Edge symbol, for X is the 24th letter of the alphabet.
* The number of the French department Dordogne.
* In Brazil the number is associated with homosexuals due to the number representing the deer in the gambling game Jogo do Bicho and the word viado (a misspelling of veado, deer in Portuguese) being a slang for homosexuals.
..to a new year. I hope it's filled with unfamiliar adventures. And I like it.
photos courtesy of Laura Graham
cupcakes courtesy of Beth King
what a lovely birthday with great friends.
xo ac
24 is also:
* The number of bits a computer needs to represent truecolour images (for a maximum of 16,777,216 colours). (But greater numbers of bits provide more accurate colors. "Truecolor" is one of many possible color representations.)
* The number of a broadcast television channel
* The number of Carats representing 100% pure gold.
* The number of cycles in the Chinese solar year.
* The number of frames per second at which motion picture film is usually projected.
* The number of hours in a day.
* The number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet. For the latter reason, also the number of chapters or "books" into which Homer's Odyssey and Iliad came to be divided
* 24, television series starring Kiefer Sutherland. Each episode covers one hour, with 24 episodes making up one entire "day".
* The number of points on a backgammon board.
* When pronounced "two-four", a 24-pack of beer (Canadianism).
* A children's mathematical game involving the use of any of the 4 standard operations on 4 numbers on a card to get 24 (see Math 24)
* "24", a song by Welsh musician Jem
* The maximum number of Knight Companions in the Order of the Garter
* The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the Civil Rights-era amendments, abolishing poll tax requirements in federal elections.
* The designation of US Interstate 24, a freeway that runs from Tennessee to Illinois. Also many other roads called Route 24
* 24 is considered an unlucky number in Cantonese culture because its pronunciation is similar to that of "easy to die". For this reason, many buildings skip this floor number. The same goes for 13, 34, 44, etc.
* #24 is a recurring character on The Venture Bros.
* A Straight Edge symbol, for X is the 24th letter of the alphabet.
* The number of the French department Dordogne.
* In Brazil the number is associated with homosexuals due to the number representing the deer in the gambling game Jogo do Bicho and the word viado (a misspelling of veado, deer in Portuguese) being a slang for homosexuals.
..to a new year. I hope it's filled with unfamiliar adventures. And I like it.
photos courtesy of Laura Graham
cupcakes courtesy of Beth King
what a lovely birthday with great friends.
xo ac
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