Top 23 Facts about the Number 23

In light of Jim Carrey’s movie “The Number 23,” we examine why it is portrayed as such a powerful number. Do you have any paranormal ties to the number 23? Remember 2+3=5(all prime numbers) and 2/3=.666. Is there really something to this phenomenon?

  • The Devil – 2 / 3 = .666 (the sign of the Devil)
  • Humans – Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes.
  • Caesar – Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times.
  • Math – 23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to another prime number.
  • Bible – Psalm 23: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…”
  • Shakespeare – Shakespeare was born and died on April 23.
  • December 23, 2012 – The date the Mayans believed the world will end.
  • Unabomber – Wounded 23 people.
  • Earth – The earth’s axis is off by 23.5 degrees.
  • Atomic Bomb – The Hiroshima bomb was dropped at 8:15 (8+15=23).
  • April 19 – April 19th, as in 4-19 (4 + 19 = 23), is the date of the Battle of Lexington, Waco, and the Oklahoma City Bombing
  • Hitler – Adolf Hitler organized the NAZI’s on January 23. On November 23 he tried to take over.
  • Life – The average lifespan of a human being on the planet Earth is 63 years, roughly 23,000 days.
  • Heaven – 2/3 of the angels decided to stick it out in Heaven with God after Lucifer and the others fell.
  • Braveheart – August 23, the day William Wallace was executed.
  • Zodiac – The days on which the signs of the Zodiac begin and end are the 22nd and 23rd of every month.
  • Internet – Most URLs for the web contain 2 “/”s and 3 W’s..
  • W – W is the 23rd letter in the alphabet. Its symbol has 3 points up and 2 points down. Washington, William, White, W. Bush, World War, Want, We, Winning…
  • New Years – July 23rd are the Sumerian and Egyptian New Years
  • Geometry – There are 23 axioms to Euclid’s Geometry.
  • TWA Flight – 230 people died on the airplane disaster TWA Flight 800.
  • Pyramids – Tthere are 2,300 stones comprising the Great Pyramid.
  • Latin– There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet