Amazing 37 factoids
- There are 37 holes in the mouthpiece of a telephone.
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- There are 37 bars in the digits of a digital watch.
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- All American Express card numbers begin with 37.
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- In a "3-4-5" right triangle, the small angle is approximately 37 degrees.
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- The Green
Monster in Fenway Park is 37 feet tall.
- There were 37 extramarital affairs on "Dallas" during the 1980s.
- The answer to the "Sultan's Dowry" puzzle is to wait until you have seen
37 daughters, then choose the next one with a dowry bigger than any so far.
Your odds of winning with this strategy are about 37%.
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- There are 37 miracles in the Bible.
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- In the Bible, Psalm 37 is one of the few that are acrostic.
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- The University of Illinois Conservatory is 37 feet high at its apex.
- The smallest number such that there is no consonant/vowel pattern
matching exactly that many OSPD words is 37.
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- A classic "psychic prediction" trick has an answer of 37.
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- NCSA staffer Lex Lane's beehives yielded 37 pounds of honey at one time.
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- There are 37 pages in the rulebook for "The Great Dalmuti".
- Exp(Pi*Sqrt(37)) is very close to an integer.
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- Illinois FEINs begin with 37.
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- There are 37 dramatic situations in the Screenwriters' FAQ.
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- "Les Miserables" has a cast of 37.
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- There's a list of 37 politically correct ways to say someone is stupid.
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- There are 37 ways to make $5 using denominations of 5.00, 1.00, 0.50,
and 0.25.
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- A collection of Beethoven's complete symphonies would have 37 tracks.
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- There are 37 trees along Florida Avenue between Atkins and Lincoln.
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- Elaine slept with Jerry 37 times.
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- A world-record meatloaf contained 37 pounds of spices.
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- A 37-foot portrait of Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman caused a stir.
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- The 37th Pillsbury Bake-Off was won by contestant #37.
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- If a bunch of people toss their hats into the air and randomly
retrieve them, the probability that no one will end up with their own
hat is about 37%.
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- The 37th Greek word in Strong's dictionary is "hagiazo", which is
translated as "hallow", "be holy" or "sanctify".
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- There are 37 different ways to throw 26 with 1 or 2 scoring darts.
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- There are 37 points in a "perfect" bridge hand.
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- 37% of an AMC Pacer's surface area is glass; the Pacer's turning
diameter is 37 feet.
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- Steve Jones can sell your house in 37 days.
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- Tom Meyer's
Really Big Sign
(made by J. Dub's)
is 37 feet long.
- There's a 37-foot statue of William Penn atop the Philadelphia
city hall.
- The
Hawksbill Beach Resort in Antigua covers 37 acres.
- The University of Arkansas awarded 37 $1000 scholarships with
revenue from Razorback license plates in 1995.
- 37 countries participated in the
1995 American Handgunner
Postal Match.
- The 1996 Louisville
Homearama comprised 37 homes.
- The
Casino 2000 hotel in Mondorf-Les-Bains, Luxembourg, has 37 rooms.
- By 1995 personal computers were in 37 percent of American
households.
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- Lots of Illinois personalized license plates end in 37.
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- 37 is the first irregular prime number.
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- Dilbert is 37% like Scott Adams.
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- The packaging for Kooshes says "For ages 3 to 137".
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- A typical radiology image can be transmitted over ISDN in
37 seconds.
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- There are 37 characters available for use in personalized license
plates.
- The Midsummer's Day festival was visited by folks from 37
different Kansas cities.
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- One aspirant to ZDNet's Top 5
writerhood submitted
37 tests
before he was accepted.
- 37% of Americans claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR.
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- 37% of all car owners don't know how to use portable cup holders.
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- The 37th Amendment guarantees that you can post whatever the hell
you want to the net.
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- Only 37% of adults believe today's children will grow up to make
the world a better place.
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- In 1994, 37 percent of the milk sold was whole.
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- 37% of pregnancies resulting from in vitro fertilization are multiple.
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- Media types get about 37 seconds per interview with football types
on Super Bowl Sunday.
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- A whole bunch of
"American Averages" involve 37.
- Tyrannosaurus rex has 37 vertebrae in its tail.
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- 37% of men fantasize about their coworkers.
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- If a fertile man and woman have sex every day for a month, there is
a 37% chance of pregnancy.
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- It takes 37 minutes to earn enough money to buy a Big Mac.
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- Applicants for jobs in law enforcement with the U.S. Treasury
Department must be under 37 years old.
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- There are 37 U.S. Federal Reserve Banks.
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- The French version of the Roulette wheel has 37 numbers.
- SPAM was invented in 1937.