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20 horrible facts about the number 20
Over the ages, people have assigned many facts to numbers.
Theology, superstition, important dates and so many other things stick to different numbers, in some cases they mean a lot!
Today let's take a look at 20 interesting facts about the number 20
The number 20 is sometimes referred to as the score, especially in older English literature.
The atomic number of the chemical element Calcium is 20. Calcium is actually an alkaline metal, but most people are familiar with it due to its high concentration in milk.
If someone has 20/20 vision, it means they have perfect eyesight.
If you are only good at seeing what happens after it happens then you are said to have 20/20 hindsight.
Twenty20 is something completely different, although it looks the same.
According to developmental psychology, we are not adults until we reach the age of 20. Developmental psychology is a form of science that studies how and why we change during life.
Adulthood, the legal age to become an adult, used to be 20 in Japan.
If you want to call anyone in Egypt, don't forget the number 20!
Prepare for an absolute shock of reality - in the game Twenty Questions, in fact, there are twenty questions!
Have you ever picked up a cube and struggled with it for hours?
In the sixteenth century, a Hungarian king named Mathius Corvinus declared that one out of twenty households had to equip their army with a fully equipped soldier and a horse.
There are a total of 20 different moves that you can legally play at the beginning of a game.
In Australian Law Football (AFL), a game has four 20 minute halves.
In the US, college basketball is managed by a number of different organizations.
On the other hand, the Ice Hockey law states the third three minutes and 20 minutes!
The 20th anniversary of the wedding is called Celebrating China.
A shape with 20 sides, or faces, is called a tetrahedron.
A British 20 pound note with a picture of Adam Smith on it.
In the remote south of Lincolnshire County, UK, is the village of Twenty.
The Wikipedia page for a complete and completely mediocre village called Twenty, Lincolnshire, is 20 (number) longer than the entire Wikipedia entry.
When it comes to age 20 is quite a strange number!
20 is an interesting number for many things, not just age.
One of the more fascinating points is the way we used to use it as a basis for counting!
