(taken from www.squatjuice.com, thanx poltergeist 23)
- It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate round the human body
- The human brain has 23 pairs of chromozones
- Each parent donates 23 chromozones to a fertilised egg
- There are 23 vertebrae in the human body
- The human arm has 23 joints
- The average menstrual cycle is 28 (23+5) days
- Tantrists believe there are 23 days in the male sex cycle
- The average lifespan of a human being is 63 years which is 23,000 days
- There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet
- The 23rd letter of the English alphabet is W, which consists of 2 points facing down and 3 points facing up
- 23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to a prime number.
- On average the 23rd wave to hit the shore is twice the size of the average wave
- The earths axis is tilted at at an angle of 23.5 degrees
- The Comet Hale Bopp was at its closest to Earth at 123 million miles
- 23rd march 1997, the comet was clearly visible in the US and there was a lunar eclipse
- 28 (23+5) days is the average lunar cycle
- 23rd July is both the Egyptian and Sumerian New years
- The centre of Mars to it's furthest moon is a distance of 23,500 kilometers
- The Mayans believed the world would end on December 23rd, 2012
- Bishop Usher in the Annals of the Old Testament, stated that God created the earth on October 23rd, 4004 BC.
- Yom Kippur is on the 23rd of September
- In the Bible the best known of the psalms is psalm 23: "The Lord is my sheperd; I shall not want..."
- There is no Known 23rd Chapter to Revelations
- William Shakespear died aged 46 (23+23=46) on April 23rd in 1610
- In Stafford, England the Freemasons Lodge is located at 23 Jaol Road. In New York it is on 23rd Street
- Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, was killed on 23rd Street when he was 23 years old after the gangster Dutch Shultz put a contract out on him. Shultz died on October 23rd 1935. Charlie Workman, Shultz's killer served 23 years of a life sentance.
- Area 51 = 23+23+(2+3)
- The unabomber killed or injured 23 people
- The ideal orbit for a satellite is about 23,000 miles above the earth, which is sometimes reffered to as Clarkes (!) orbit
- Adolf Hitler organised the National Socialist Congress on January 23rd. He tried to seize power on November 23rd.
- Hiroshima was bombed on August 6th, 1945 (8+6+4+5=23)
- The MIR 23 space station was reported to be having difficulties by NASA on March 14, 1997, stating that the problem was resulting from the Febuary 23rd, 1997 fire and have used 23 of their oxygen generating canisters. The Russian crew has been aboard for 23 days. Progress 233 supply vehicle developed problems of its own and cannot redock with MIR.
- There are more reported UFO sightings on April 23rd than on any other day of the year.
- On the Internet most URL's contain 2 "/"s and 3 W's
- Kurt Cobain, singer in Nirvana, was born in 1967 (1+9+6+7=23). He died in 1994 (1+9+9+4=23)
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