Count to 75,000

[livvy]

51

 

Area 51 is a military base in southern Nevada, rumored to be hiding alien life.

[Tyler.]

52

a significant number in the Mayan calender

[livvy]

53

 

The only two-digit number that is reversed in hexadecimal.

[CAV of Gang Green]

54.

 

Part of a countdown. 5,4,3,2,1!

[Cornflakes]

55

 

I definitely CAN'T drive it. :D

[Quark]

56

Shirley Temple, as a child, wore 56 curls in her hair. Curls were set by her mother who thus made sure of the exact number.

(INSANE!)

[Unstream]

57

The number that resides above 56 but below 58.

[livvy]

That's so dull, Will.

 

58

The number of commutative semigroups of order 4.

 

:eh: Whatever that means.

 

If you need help, check out this site.

[Quark]

59

The number on a button commonly worn by feminist activists in the 1970s; this was based on the claim that a woman earned 59 cents to an equally qualified man's dollar.

[Unstream]

'Twas supposed to be funny xP

 

59

Beethoven's String Quartet (Op 59) consists of three movements and was commissioned for a Russian ambassador named Count Andreas Razumovsky. For that reason, it is most commonly known as the Razumovsky Quartets.

 

Edit: D'oh, ninja'd x_x

 

60

The first buckyball, a spherical compound consisting only of Carbon atoms, was created with 60 atoms.

[Quark]

(Sorry for ninja'ing! And buckyball LOVE! Hehe, science nerd time.)

 

61

Highway 61 Revisited is a Bob Dylan album

[Contrabassist]

62.

 

The number 62 is my favorite number! :D

Also, Sigmund Freud had an irrational fear of the number 62.

[Quark]

(Man, Freud was weird!)

 

63

It's a repdigit in base 4 (333).

[Contrabassist]

Gotta love Freud, though :P

 

64

The number of crayons in the popular Crayola 64 pack

I had to, I've been fascinated with coloring lately. Although, when I was little, I liked the 96 crayon box better (Spoiled little me) Well, crayons are cheap, most of the time, and they last for a long time, but still.

 

64 is also the square of 8 and some other important stuff.

[Cornflakes]

65

 

rhymes with thrive, alive, chive, and...five. :P

[Tyler.]

66

route 66 is one of the most famous highways in the world

[Quark]

I think this is my favorite word game thread. I love random facts! <3

 

67 is the 19th prime number AND the sum of five consecutive primes (7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19). (COOL!)

[CAV of Gang Green]

68.

 

On Febuary 8th, 1968, Gary Coleman is born. Whacha talking 'bout Willis?

[jumpingbeans]

69

LOST DESERT WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(69 exclamation marks)

[Quark]

70

The French do not have a word for 70, instead using "soixante-dix" (60 + 10).

[CAV of Gang Green]

71.

 

In ancient Israel there was a Sanhedrin headquarters; it had 71 judges who judged cases where the criminal deserved the death penalty.

[Quark]

72:

The (rounded) percentage of water of which the human body is composed.

[CAV of Gang Green]

73

 

The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on 717 BC BC July and ended on 582 September. The duration of Saros series 73 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 solar eclipses.

[Tyler.]

74

the number of generals in Washington's continental army

[CAV of Gang Green]

75.

 

Francisco Rodriguez is the closing pitcher of the Mets. His jersey is number 75.