August 08, 2008

8

The New York Times has a fun little slideshow in celebration of the number 8 (in honor of today's date - 8/8/08), featuring the kind of lists miscellanies are famous for.

Aug 8, 2008 9:38:13 AM | Miscellany

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david e

Can't believe the NYT missed the obvious. In pointing out that the infinity symbol was invented in a year whose number add up to 17, which themselves add up to 8. Or did I misunderstand a fancy word in that sentence...

Posted by: david e | August 08, 2008 at 13:28

Gwenda

Dude, you're like a numerologist. :)

Posted by: Gwenda | August 08, 2008 at 13:36

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