Number "24" Trivia

There are 24 hours in a day.

There are 24 ribs in the human body.

24 is the smallest number to have eight different factors. (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12)

24 is the atomic number of Chromium.

Septillion has 24 zeros.

A hen requires just over 24 hours to produce an egg.

24 is the number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet .

24 furlongs make one league. Furlongs and leagues are old British units of distance. A league is equivalent to 4.83 kilometres.

24 carat gold means pure gold. (18 carat is 75% pure and 12 carat is 50% pure)

There are 24 "perfect" numbers. These are numbers that equal the sum of all its divisors except itself. (For instance, six - the lowest of these numbers - is divisible by 1, 2, or 3 and 1+2+3=6.) The largest of the known "perfect" numbers has 12,003 digits.

The 24th president was Grover Cleveland.

Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821.

24 is the largest number divisible by all numbers less than its square root.

The 24th moon of Jupiter is Pasiphae.

24 is the number of cycles in the Chinese solar year.

Amendment 24 to the Constitution guarantees the right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senators or Representatives in Congress.

24 is the number of books in the Tanakh. (the Hebrew Bible)

24 is the total number of major and minor keys in Western tonal music, not counting enharmonic equivalents.

US Interstate 24 is a freeway that runs from Tennessee to Illinois .

The 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet is "Omega," meaning "the end".

The binary representation of 24 is 11000.

Marco Polo's journey lasted 24 years.

An average adult heart pumps 1,800 gallons in 24 hours.

24 is the sum of twin prime (11 + 13) numbers.

The Earth travels 24,000 miles in 24 hours.

Green algae reproduces approximately every 24 hours.

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