10 Fascinating stuff about the number 10 -- October 10, 2010 - 10/10/10

Today, I'm making a special post for the October 10, 2010 or simply put it as the 10/10/10. I have fossicked the net searching for fascinating facts about the number 10. But first, let me start with the basics then proceed with the actual list :)

October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deca means ten which is used for compound words such as a decade, decagon, decameron, decapod, decalogue (10 Commandments); Deci is a combining form meaning tenth, used in units such as decimal, decimate, decimeters, deciliters, and decibel.

Denary, denier, decurion, dime, decennary, december, decussate, decuple, denarius, decennium, dean, doyen, dicker, and decemvir are some of the words with roots from the number 10.

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10 Fascinating stuff about the number 10

1.) The 10th wedding anniversary was traditionally called tin or aluminum but was replaced with the diamond due to modern times.

2.) In England and Wales and Northern Ireland the age of responsibility is ten years meaning the child can be convicted of criminal offense if proven guilty, that is, if he was aware of the wrong he did.

3.) Marion Walter is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon. Her theorem states that the area of the central hexagonal region HIJKLO determined by trisection of each side of a triangle ABC and connecting the corresponding points with the opposite vertex is given by 1/10 the area of the original triangle.

4.) 10:10 time

4.1. A myth lurked that 10:10 was to commemorate the death of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. either was shot or have died.

4.2 During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombs in Japan. "Little Boy" was dropped in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 while "Fat Man" was dropped in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Theory has it that 10:10 was the time this happened but it doesn't say which of the two.

4.3 It's an aesthetic for advertising appeal 'cause it resembles a smile. Moreover, it makes you look at the manufacturer's trademark located below the number 12.

5.) Before the 10 Philippine peso coin was released, it was a bill with two versions.

The first version in 1985 was Apolinario Mabini, the Brains of the Katipunan and was often called "The Sublime Paralytic", in front, while on the reverse side is the Barasoain Church where the Malolos Constitution was proclaimed and the Congress of the First Republic convened.

On 1998, Andres Bonifacio, The Father of the Katipunan was added beside Apolinario. On the reverse side, an image of the Blood Compact of the Katipuneros was added beside the Barasoain Church image.

6.) In China, the numeric 10 means perfection. Which is why many Chinese planned their wedding on October 10, 2010. Moreover, bookings for a 10:00 am to a 10:20 am time slot was full.

The Chinese believe that auspicious dates will make a good beginning.

7.) Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was the 10th President of the Philippines, was famous for his infrastructure projects

During his second term he developed a personality cult around himself. The second term proved to be a daunting challenge to the president: an economic crisis brought by external and internal forces, a restive and radicalized studentry demanding reforms in the educational system, a rising tide of criminality, subversion by the re-organized Communist movement, and secession in the south.

Marcos inherited in 1966 an unhealthy economy brought about partly by election-related government overspending.

Amidst the rising wave of lawlessness and the threat of a Communist insurgency, Marcos declared martial law on September 23, 1972, by virtue of Proclamation No. 1081. Marcos, ruling by decree, curtailed press freedom and other civil liberties, closed down Congress and media establishments, and ordered the arrest of opposition leaders and militant activists, including his staunchest critics, senators Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito Salonga and Jose Diokno.

The People Power Revolution was a series of popular nonviolent and prayerful mass street demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1986, which marked the restoration of the country's democracy. This protest was the culmination of a long resistance by the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".

8.) 10 Downing Street in London, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as “Number 10”, is the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom.

Situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster, it is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury who is now always the Prime Minister.

Number 10 Downing Street is one of the most famous addresses in the United Kingdom and the world. Almost three hundred years old, the building contains about one hundred rooms. There is a private residence on the third floor and a kitchen in the basement. The other floors contain offices and numerous conference, reception, sitting and dining rooms where the Prime Minister works and meets with and entertains government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries. There is an interior courtyard and, in the back, a terrace overlooking a garden of 0.5 acres (2,000 m2). Adjacent to St James's Park, Number 10 is near the Palace of Westminster, the Houses of Parliament, and Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British Monarch.

9.) Back in the days when Pluto was still a planet and our solar system has 9 planets, a tenth planet was discovered.

Dr. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology and his team found a planet as big as Pluto currently about 97 times farther from the sun than Earth, or 97 Astronomical Units. It's temporary name is 2003 UB313.

The new planet is more or less in the Kuiper Belt, a dark realm beyond Neptune where thousands of small icy bodies orbit the sun.

Now, it was nicknamed as Xena. But after scrutinizing the "new planet", it wasn't fit to be called one so they labeled it to one of the dwarf planets.

The dwarf planet's official name is Eris with its moon, Dysnomia.

10.) 10:10 is a campaign founded in September 2009 by Franny Armstrong, director of The Age of Stupid, a film about climate change. As of June 2010, 75,000 individuals, businesses, schools and organisations have joined the campaign to reduce their emissions by 10% in a year.

On October 2010, the group made headlines when they created a mini-movie called "No Pressure" for their campagin. It showed some children, and adults blown up for not doing nothing about climate change.

Video is disturbing! Watch at your own risk!

No Pressure

It caused outraged from supporters and non-supporters of the campaign.

I'm mad at this campaign!!

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Whew! Finally finished the list, hope you enjoyed it as much as I do :)

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Image and some full text source:

| Triangle from Marion Walter's Theorem (and entire text) | Philippine Peso Bill | Chinese Wedding sauce plate | Ferdinand Marcos (and entire text) | 10th Downing Street (and entire text) | Tenth Planet |

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