fun facts about {n∈Z∣52≥n≥1}\{n \in \mathbb{Z} \mid 52 \ge n \ge 1\}

in summer of 2026, my girlfriend and i were long distance since she was interning in the seattle metro area and i in the bay. in an attempt to make the wait more bearable, i told her a fun fact for every day we were apart. here they are presented in reverse chronological order:

  1. 52the number of cards in a deck
  2. 51universally associated with aliens because of area 51
  3. 50minimum probability required for preponderance of the evidence
  4. 49peak of the california gold rush, giving the name 49ers
  5. 48largest two-digit number where the first digit is half the second
  6. 47year of india’s independence
  7. 463 presidents were born this year (clinton, gwb, and trump)
  8. 45number of minutes in each half of football
  9. 44common time signature in music theory (4/4)
  10. 43the number 143 means i love you
  11. 42the answer to life, the universe, and everything
  12. 41homophone for the phrase “for one”
  13. 40only multiple of ten that is a homophone for its 1-digit counterpart
  14. 39slang for “thank you” in japanese
  15. 38number of works associated with shakespeare
  16. 37typical body temperature
  17. 36= 1+2+…+8
  18. 35minimum age to run for president
  19. 34a rule of the internet
  20. 33max verstappen’s car number
  21. 32original prediction for personal computing was 32-bit
  22. 31original number of flavors and logo of baskin robbins
  23. 30only two numbers used in a face (:3 and :0)
  24. 29number of years a japanese soldier kept fighting after wwii ended
  25. 28number of days in the moon’s cycle
  26. 27e = 2.7
  27. 26the area code of j cole’s hometown in north carolina
  28. 25the number of months my girlfriend and i were long distance (2.5)
  29. 24number of karats in pure gold
  30. 23pairs of chromosomes
  31. 22toronto slang “two twos my word”
  32. 21sikhs in battle of saranghari
  33. 20the percentage of orange cats that are female
  34. 19number of notes in the most common microtonal split
  35. 18the only amendment that later got overturned (prohibition)
  36. 17represents togetherness in hindi, “ek saath”
  37. 16my girlfriend and i started dating on the 16th of july
  38. 15the ides of march when caesar was killed
  39. 14i’m fourteen and this is deep
  40. 13number of lunar cycles in a year
  41. 12my favorite legal drama is 12 angry men
  42. 11what my girlfriend is on a scale from 1-10
  43. 10the marching band call to attention
  44. 9anagram + homophone nein is german for no
  45. 8the number of colleges at ucsd
  46. 7contains the opposite parity (s[even])
  47. 6nickname for toronto from the area codes/original six districts
  48. 5explain like i'm five
  49. 44-sided shapes have their own subclass (quadrilaterals)
  50. 3california's trinity alps named after their red/white/green ridges
  51. 2pk's two gods: the one that created us and the one we created
  52. 1only number in reverse alphabetical order
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