I Never Knew Such A Thing Exsisted About The Number 23!?

Question

I've seen the movie, "The Number 23." I didn't even know that people actually believe in such a thing. It's just a number. Just like 666 is just a number. And you can do so many diffrent things with numbers. I don't really know what the big deal is with the number 23. Really.

Answer 1

Some people believe this kinda stuff, but I think its just coincidences. Heres some info. that I thought was just a list of coincidences that occured through history and someone was bored enough to go through and find them:

Mathematical

* In Roman Numerals 23 is written as XXIII: 2 "X"s and 3 "I"s
* Integers 2 and 3 are the two smallest (positive) numbers sufficient to form any other (positive) integer by summation (e.g. 13 = 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3), if number 1 (as being the identity) is not considered.
* Pi's first six digits (3.14159) added together equal 23.
* In probability theory, the birthday paradox states that given a group of 23 (or more) randomly chosen people, the probability is more than 50% that at least two of them will have the same birthday. See Birthday paradox.

Historical

* The first Morse Code transmission - "What hath God wrought?" - was from the Bible passage Numbers 23:23.
* The Knights Templar had 23 Grand Masters, the last being Jacques de Molay.
* Alexander the Great was aged 23 when he cut the Gordian Knot.
* Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, served between Grover Cleveland's two non-consecutive terms.
* The Salt March, initiated by Mohandas Gandhi to protest the salt tax, lasted 23 days.

Births and deaths

See January 23, February 23, March 23, April 23, May 23, June 23, July 23, August 23, September 23, October 23, November 23, December 23, and 23 (year) for further births and deaths.

* According to legend, William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, and died on April 23, 1616.
* Johnny Carson was born on October 23 1925 and died on January 23 2005.
* Actor River Phoenix, was born on August 23 1970. He died at the age of 23, on Halloween 1993.
* Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times when he was assassinated.[citation needed]
* Hagbard (Karl Koch), German hacker and inventor of the Trojan, died on 23 May(5/23). It is possible that his death was a suicide, the date chosen intentionally to fit this numerology; Koch was an avid fan of Robert Anton Wilson's trilogy.
* The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper (The Day the Music Died) occurred on February 3 (2/3), 1959.

Scientific

* The human genome contains 23 pairs of chromosomes.
* The human biorhythm is 23 days long. Though Hermann Swoboda and Wilhelm Fliess, the two doctors who first posited biorhythm, did determine that a human's 'physical cycle' was 23 days long, biorhythmics is at best a highly speculative and subjective area of study.

Mythic/Legendary

* It is believed that Adam and Eve had 23 daughters. [citation needed]
* It is believed that the verses of the Qur'an were revealed over a period of 23 years. There exist hadith that support this figure, but many more that give other lengths of time.
* Psalms, the longest book of the Bible, is the 23rd book of the Old Testament, and the famous "Divine Shepherd" psalm is Psalm 23. Those repeating this popular claim overlook that it is only true in a handful of very specific modern Catholic translations. The famous psalm is actually number 22 in the Septuagint and traditional Catholic Bibles, while the books of the Old Testament appear in several different orders; Psalms is number 23 only in modern Catholic Bibles, being book 21 in the traditional Vulgate, book 26 in the Greek Orthodox Bible, book 19 in most Protestant Bibles, and book 14 in the Jewish Tanakh. It is therefore completely false for the Vulgate (chapter 22 of book 21), and only partly true for the King James Version (chapter 23 of book 19).
* December 23, 2012 is the date on which the Mayan calendar ends, predicting an apocalyptic event.
* Both the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian calendars begin on 23 July. Both calendars were apparently calculated from the date of the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurs at that latitude around that time of year.

Political

* Taiwan is considered by the Peoples' Republic of China to be the 23rd province.[citation needed]
* Twenty-two organizations merged to create the "Department of Homeland Security". This makes the DHS the twenty-third.

Cultural

* In "I'm my Own Grandpa," the protagonist married his wife at the age of 23.
* W, the 23rd letter of the Latin alphabet has 2 points down, 3 points up.
* The last song (and their shortest "Her Majesty") on technically the last (last recorded) Beatles album is 23 seconds long.
* On Microsoft Windows computers, a line break is stored as ASCII code 13, then ASCII code 10. On Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS 9 or earlier, a line break is stored as ASCII code 13. On Linux and Unix systems, a line break is stored as ASCII code 10. Supposedly, in telegraphy a line break is or was transmitted as a 23, as referred to in the article 23.
* William Shakespeare's date of birth is unknown, but he was believed to be born on 23 April, died on 23 April and had his first portfolio published in 1623. His first play Titus Andronicus was performed January 23 1594. Shakespeare's date of birth remains unconfirmed, and the chronology of his plays is uncertain (see his article for more information). The Comedy of Errors may have been performed before Titus, for example.
* On a normal modern Latin alphabet "QWERTY" keyboard, the 23rd letter W is right below and between 2 and 3.
* According to the company website, the soft drink Dr Pepper "is a unique blend of 23 flavors".


Just coincidences!!!!!!

Answer 2

Oh if enough people who get their news and views from movies and television, watch the movie "23", then it won't be long until they believe the earth is flat again, or whatever else Hollywood sends down the pike. Entertainment is the biggest industry in America. It beats all the Fortune 500 companies by a mile. Entertainment is the opiate of the people while the power people in Washington make sweeping changes. As long as the pizza is hot, the beer is cold, the car works, the satellite is not blocked, and the game of the week is playing, we are oblivious to anything other than us. Meanwhile they attempted to sneak a mandate by that every girl in Texas had to get a special shot. What is this, some sterilization thing by the Governor? Didn't even put it up for a vote. Just tried to sneak it by. Don't you just love a Government that thinks it knows what is best for us? Oops. Sorry guys I didn't realize the commercial was over. March Madness you know. Back to what is really important.

Answer 3

Hey, do you know what the 23rd alphabet is? Now look on your keyboard. The "W'' key is between 2 & 3. Trippy, eh? It's just paranoia.

Answer 4

born on the 23..it's now 7:23..PM.. a little weird ...