Friday 2 May 2014

who knows seventeen?


17th of tammuz is a fast day, one of the days marking the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. (it is also my hebrew birthday. happy days...)

Jacob lived in Egypt for 17 years

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"she was just 17, you know what I mean" - at 12 I wasn't really sure, but Just-17 gave me a rough idea. Just-17 - teen magazine that was launched in 1983, when I was 12. it was essential reading.
min driving age in the UK
in Italian culture, 17 is an unlucky number. fear of the no. 17 is called heptadecaphobia. or however that translates in Italian.

a 17 sided polygon is called a heptadecagon

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