31 Is Prime

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AN OPTIMUS PRIME NUMBER

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• The Mir Space Station docked with 31 spacecraft during its history.

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• 31 = 22 + 33 31

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• There are 31 milligrams of cholesterol in a tablespoon of butter.

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• 31 = -1 + 23 * 4, demonstrating four basic arithmetic operations.

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• 31 = -1 + 23 * 4, demonstrating four basic arithmetic operations.

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• 31 letters of the Russian alphabet are pronounceable.

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• The speed limit in downtown Trenton, a city in western Tennessee, is 31 miles per hour.

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• Paul Dirac predicted antimatter and won a Nobel Prize in 1933 (a prime). Carl Anderson detected antimatter and won a Nobel Prize three years later. Both men were age 31 when they won the Nobel Prize, and they tie for being the youngest Nobel laureates.

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• There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves in the human body.

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• California was the 31st state to be granted statehood.

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• The big "31" sign made its debut at all Baskin-Robbins stores in 1953, offering customers a different ice cream for every day of the month. Note that 31 is the largest prime factor of 1953.

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• The first chapter of the Bible has 31 verses.31

• The first U.S. space satellite (Explorer-I) weighed just less than 31 pounds and was launched on Jan 31, 1958. The high-power transmitter worked for 31 days.

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• Buddha preached on the 31 levels of existence in our universe.

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• Buddha preached on the 31 levels of existence in our universe.

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• Jackson Pollock's One: Number 31, 1950 occupies an entire wall by itself at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. The painting is oil and enamel on unprimed canvas. (Studies have shown that some of Pollock's works display the properties of fractals.)

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• Lance Armstrong, in 2003 (at the age of 31), became the 2nd person ever to win the Tour De France 5 times consecutively, beating the runner-up Jan Ullrich by 61 seconds. Note that 2, 5, 31, 61, and 2003 are all prime numbers.

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