The number 1. Most alphabets don't start with it, but many number systems do (unless you were a philosophical Greek, but more on that later).
According to many religions, the most perfect number was one. By advancing from zero to one many believed they proceeded from nonexistence to existence. In addition to that, all other whole numbers were regarded as multiples of one, representative of the Creator, the Prime Mover, and of the universe. The Egyptians called Re “the one One”; the Babylonians identified the divine “One” with Anu, the god of heaven. When the prophet Zechariah declared “on that day the Lord will be one and his name One,” he indicated that the Hebrews, like their neighbors, believed in sacred numbers and saw in the number one a symbol of the Creator.
As the above chart shows, the number 1 has always seemed to be displayed by using a single image, such as one line, one snake, or one stalk of grain. The Mayans used one dot (likely to save money on ink) and the Thai used a cat's butt. I am not sure what they were thinking there. Most American drivers use their middle finger to let someone know that they are number 1. I am not sure that I condone this. Unless someone gets too close to me when driving.
The number 1 is NOT prime number, as many people tend to believe. It does require one mortgage to be able to buy a prime rib anymore though.
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Believe that “one” is a number? Well, the ancient Greeks would have debated the issue! According to Euclid, “two” is the first number since a number is “aggregate of units.”
If you add one hundred zeros to the number “1” you will get a googol. As you might have guessed, “Google” is a misspelling of “googol!” Nowadays most everyone knows about Google while “googol” is a less common word.
According to a study conducted by Oxford Online and the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “one” is ranked 35th most commonly used word in Modern English. "The" is the most commonly used word. "The one" is that wonderful lady I married.
Each hair on a human head grows one centimeter a month. This means that your hair grows one inch every 2.54 months. Unless you are bald. Then you don't know what you have.
According to the following chart the number 1 tops the list of top ten numbers.
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| According to Experts at the Wannaskan Numerology Institute |
Number 4 really surprised me with how high it charted.
November 1 is now done. Don't cry. It will be back next year, badder than ever! Okay, so for full disclosure I looked at the calendar and somehow came up with today's date as being Tuesday, November 1. It is Tuesday, November 2. I would rewrite this but I am a lazy, lazy man.
One-derful!
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