The Magnificent 7

Today is 07.07.07. It's a one in a lifetime experience. So, do you have any plans on this auspicious day? You may want to since you won't be around at the next 07.07.07, which will be in 3007 (hopefully the world will still be around then)! As for me, I had a 2.00am supper at A&W!! And you'd be surprised at the amount of people awake and hungry at that time...

Here are some interesting and fun tidbits associated with the number 7:-

• 7 directions: north, south, east, west, up, down and centre.

• 7 is the maximum number of eclipses of the Sun and Moon that can occur in any one year.

• 7 wonders in the ancient world.

• 7 deadly sins (avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, pride, sloth and wrath).

• 7 number of points on a sheriff's star.

• 7 is the atomic number for nitrogen.

• The founder of the 7-Eleven chain was 7 feet 11 inches tall.

• The formula for a Slurpee is 7 parts ice, 11 parts flavored syrup.

• The telephone area code prefix for Slurpeeville, USA is 711.

• 7-Up was invented in America in the 1920s by Mr CL Griggs.

• 7 is the Holy number. 7 days in creation, 7 days in a week, 7 phases of the moon, every 7th year was sabbatical, and 7 times 7 years was the jubilee.

• There are 7 ages in the life of man, 7 divisions in the Lord's Prayer, 7 bibles, 7 churches of Asia, 7 Graces, 7 Senses, 7 sorrows of the Virgin, 7 Virtues, 7 joys of the Virgin, 7 Precious Things of the Buddhas, 7 Sleepers of Ephesus, 7 Lamps of Architecture.

• The apostles chose 7 deacons, Enoch, who was translated, was 7th from Adam; Jesus Christ was the 77th in a direct line.

• The vision of Daniel was 70 weeks. There were also 7 heavens, 7 planets, 7 stars, 7 wise men, 7 champions of Christendom, 7 notes in music, 7 primary colours, 7 sacraments of the Catholic Church.

• 7 Last Words - last utterance of Christ on the cross : 'My God, why has thou forsaken me?'... Mark 15:34, Matt. 27:46.

• 7 Seas - The Arctic and Antarctic, North and South Pacific, North and South Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean.

• 7 colours of the rainbow.

• 7-year Itch!!!

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