11/11/11 : Welcome to the Age of Prophecy and Mass Stupidity
Posted on 11/11/2011 5:04:24 AM PST by Lucky9teen
Based on past calendar dates such as 10/10/10, or October 10, 2010, no significant or unusual phenomenon occurs simply because of a date that has the same numbers in a sequence.
The numerical sequence of November 11 holds a special significance in the binary numeral system, which is the base-2 number system that represents numeric values using two symbols, 0 and 1. The date of November 11 has a binary number of 111110 where it has a decimal equivalent of 62 in the year 2010, and a binary number of 111111 with a decimal equivalent of 63 in the year 2011.
The number eleven has a special characteristic in mathematics where it is the sixth prime number. It contains some interesting peculiarities where the number eleven times itself equals a palindrome:
11*11*11: There are three possible scenarios:
1. Something good happens— There is absolutely no scientific basis for this belief. There are no known logical premises for this belief. The belief that something good will happen is based solely on spiritualism, faith, and/or innate optimism. This belief is not necessarily a bad thing; we don’t know everything; the probability is not zero.
2. Nothing happens— This is the most likely scenario. Just because an unusual date number sequence occurs doesn’t mean that something extraordinary will happen. Usually it’s a non-event.
3. Something bad happens— There is absolutely no scientific basis for this belief. There are no known logical premises for this belief. The belief that something bad will happen is based solely on pessimism of reality. This belief is not necessarily false; after all, things are generally/usually a mess. The probability is not zero.
WooHOoo I did it!!!
IBTP?
I'll have to jump into my time machine and go back a couple of minutes--be right back!!
Top 10?
A Fun Fact For Each State
Now that all you non-Zonies are back in sync with us...
ALABAMA .................. Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.
ALASKA ..................... One out of every 64 people has a pilot’s license.
ARIZONA .................... Is the only state in the continental U.S. that doesn’t follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ................. Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA .............. Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO ................ In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ............ The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University
DELAWARE ............... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
FLORIDA .................... At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the U.S. ‘s largest city.
GEORGIA .................... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
HAWAII ...................... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than residents in any other state.
IDAHO ........................ TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS...................Has a Governor in jail. one pending jail & the most corrupt state in the union!
INDIANA ....Home to Santa Claus, Indiana , which get a half million letters to Santa every year.
IOWA.............Winnebago get their name from Winnebago County .
Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS ..................... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ................ Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA ............... Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE ...................... It’s so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND .............. The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.
MASSACHUSETTS ...... The Fig Newton is named after Newton , Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN ................ Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.
MINNESOTA ............Bloomington’s Mall of America is so big, if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you’d be there nearly four days.
MISSISSIPPI ............. President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here ...
that’s how the teddy bear got its name.
MISSOURI ............... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
MONTANA ................. A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England.
NEBRASKA ............... More triplets are born here than in any other state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ...... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW JERSEY ............ Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
NEW MEXICO ............ Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
NEW YORK ................ Is home to the nation’s oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.
NORTH CAROLINA ..... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ....... Rigby , North Dakota , is the exact geographic center of North America .
OHIO ......................... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA ............... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
OREGON .................... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA ......... The smiley, : ) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University ..
RHODE ISLAND ......... The nation’s oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673.
SOUTH CAROLINA ..... Sumter County is home to the world’s largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA ....... Is the only state that’s never had an earthquake.
TENNESSEE ............... Nashville ‘s Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS ....................... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in
1885. The Hamburger was invented in Arlington, Texas in 1906.
UTAH ....................... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.
VERMONT .................. Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald’s.
VIRGINIA ................. Home of the world’s largest office building...| The Pentagon.
WASHINGTON ........... Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.
WASHINGTON D.C. .... Was the first planned capital in the world. (And the most crooks per-capita
WEST VIRGINIA ......... Had the world’s first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN ............... The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING .................Was the first state to allow women to vote.
Happy Friday.
What is the blond ninja doing? In by 10
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TOP TWENTY!!!!
That lightsabre gif reminded me of something.
Bruce Lee, playing ping-pong...
If you haven’t seen it, incredible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqGQ72bre30
Heh.....
...and home of the National Village Idiot.
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