Fun facts for TWOsday

Today is TWOsday, February 22nd 2022 (2-22-22) and that’s the most 2s we’ve had in a date since February 22nd, 1922. There’s only a handful of these dates every century, and two of them happened this month (2-2-22)!

We wanted to take a moment to recognize today’s date, because chances are that none of us will be around for 2-2-2222. Besides, Tuesdays aren’t always so momentous.

So, to celebrate the occasion, here is a list of fun facts related to today’s special number:

The number 2 is the only even prime number.
The square root of 2 was the first known irrational number.
2+2 gives you the same result as 2×2 and 2².
Twin births occur about 1 in every 250 pregnancies. Since the UN says there’s about 385,000 babies born each day and 15,000 births per hour, that’s 60 sets of twins per hour!
Nigeria is the country with the most twins, and China has the least.
40% of twins invent their own language.
Polar bears most commonly birth twins. They rarely birth singletons or triplets.
Two is the base of the binary system, which is used extensively in computing.
2 is the atomic number of Helium, and 22 is the atomic number of Titanium.
The second asteroid ever discovered was called 2 Pallas.
Some star systems have a binary star, meaning there’s two stars orbiting around a center of mass.
The planet Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.
Only two U.S. states have three sets of double letters: Tennessee and Mississippi.
Only two words in English have a double “v,” which are “revving” and “revved.”
In the state of Delaware, the single digit license plate “2” is reserved for the Lieutenant Governor.
In a group of 23 people, there is about a 1 in 2 (50%) chance that two will share a birthday. If the group grows to 70 people, there’s a 99.9% chance!
A “Catch-22” is a paradoxical situation in which a person cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. It is also a funny book by Joseph Heller, in which he presents examples like, “How can I get any experience until I get a job that gives me experience?”
A million dollars in $100 bills would weigh approximately 22 lbs (9.979kg).
In Jay-Z’s song “22 Two’s”, he rhymes the words: too, to, and two, 22 times in the first verse.

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