Real Fact #193

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Thanks to Snapple, I bring you Real Fact #193:

The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won’t happen again until 6009.

The year 6009. That’s so crazy to think about… four thousand years from now.

I can hear my friend Felix saying “Good grief!” to this post :)

On that note, here are 5 mind bending questions about the year 6009 to ponder while you relax over the holiday break:

  1. Will we still have an internet?
  2. Will it still be called the World Wide Web?
  3. How about the Galaxy Wide Web?
  4. Will blogging still be around?
  5. Will gas prices drop below $2.00 USD again?

Just a small heads up, over the next few days I’ll be updating my Unusual Trivia page, so be sure to check it out.

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Posted on December 23, 2006 at by Laptop Guru

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  1. Comment by Luke posted on
    December 23rd, 2006

    Well, I wanted to make a joke about how those 1s don’t look the same if you turn them upside down, but I couldn’t really think of a way to say it that would be funny or not require a diagram to explain, so instead I’ll just point out that it’s actually same if it’s rotated 180 degrees. If you consider “upside down” to mean that the number has been rotated around an imaginary axis placed horizontally through it (or just that is has been mirrored on the top or bottom), then I believe the last year to look the same upside down was 1881, but it’s really just all a question of how you do your inversions…

    (If I can’t be funny, I’ll settle for being annoyingly pedantic.)
  2. Comment by Liz Strauss posted on
    December 23rd, 2006

    Sean,
    Are you bored? :)
  3. Comment by Sean posted on
    December 23rd, 2006

    Hi Liz,

    Nope, not bored, just sharing fun facts with the world :)
  4. Comment by Sean posted on
    December 23rd, 2006

    Hey Luke,

    You put way too much thought into your comment :)

    But if I changed the font on my site, I could make the 1′s look the same upside down or rotated.

    Side note, I’m adding in a comment preview function just for you… so be looking for it after the holiday.

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