32 Things to Know

I was going to write 32 random things about me but I realized that's not very exciting. So, here is a list of some useless info (one can never have enough) about the number 32:

1. The freezing point of water at sea level in Fahrenheit


2. The fifth power of 2


3. The atomic number of germanium (Ge)


4. Jesus was crucified in his 32nd year


5. In chess, the total number of black squares on the board, the total number of white squares (also the total number of black & white chess pieces at the beginning of the game)


6. The number of teeth in a full set of teeth in an adult, including wisdom teeth (except for those in West Virginia)


7. The jersey number 32 has been retired for the following players: the Los Angeles Lakers' Magic Johnson,


8. the Utah Jazz's Karl Malone,


9. the Portland Trail Blazers' Bill Walton,


10. the Philadelphia 76ers' Julius Erving,


11. the Boston Celtics' Kevin McHale,


12. and baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax


13. A soccer ball has 32 panels of leather


14. Total number of pages in an average comic book, not including the cover


15. In the Kabbalah, there are 32 Kabbalistic Paths of Wisdom


16. The number of completed piano sonatas by Beethoven


17. It is the totient function for the first ten integers (math geeks rule!)


18. Number of guys I dated before meeting Clay (that list will not be published)


19. Shoes in my closet (16 pairs for those who are counting)


20. The 32nd state is Minnesota - also called the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"


21. The number 32 is represented in binary as 100000


22. The winning car number in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911


23. Huggies Little Swimmers Diapers (large) can hold up to 32 lbs


24. A beheaded body can take 32 steps (that's what I hear, but not sure if I would ever want to see that on YouTube)


25. According to the American Management Association, there are 32 steps to being an outstanding communicator (seems like they could have condensed it to under 10)


26. Number of wives Ghana's king Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II had when he died (in case you are wondering, they didn't kill him)


27. When playing World of Warcraft, in order to keep teams in Alterac Valley numerically balanced, players will enter Alterac Valley on a one-for-one basis (i.e. if there are 30 players in the battleground for each side with 10 players in the Alliance queue and 2 players in the Horde queue, only two players from each team will be added, bringing the total to 32 per side.)...um yeah, whatever that means. (that was for Clay)


28. The code for international direct dial phone calls to Belgium (hello, chocolate? it's me!)


29. A 32 inch flat panel LCD is about $1,000 at BestBuy


30. Number of teams in the NFL


31. Number of birthdays I have had so far


32. How old I will be on June 1st!