Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The type of frisbee used in Ultimate weighs 175 grams.

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In the year 174, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is written, in Greek, while on military campaigns.


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It takes around 173 years for all the water in Lake Superior to be changed.


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In aviation, the number 172 is associated with Cessna 172.


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In Brazil, 171 is associated with 171th article of the Penal Code, which defines the crime of estelionato.


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The largest integer for which Google's built-in calculator function can compute the factorial.

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169 is known in the computing world as the first number of an automatic IPv4 address assigned by TCP/IP when no external networking device is working.

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The total number of pips on a standard domino set.

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In backgammon, a player needs a total of 167 pips to get all his pieces off the board, starting from the initial position.

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Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom near 166th Street and Broadway in New York City.


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Twenty-Mule teams traveled from mines to the nearest railway spur, 165 miles away.


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