29th March: 29

Some things you might not know about the number 29.

1. It is the tenth prime number.
2. It is also the sum of three consecutive squares, 2² + 3² + 4².
3. It is the atomic number of Copper.
4. A polygon made up of 29 sides is called an icosikaienneagon, enneacosagon or a nonacosagon.
5. In religion, the Bishnois community follows 29 principles. Guru Jambheshwar laid down 29 principles to be followed by the sect in 1485 A.D. In Hindi, Bish means 20 and noi means 9; thus, Bishnoi translates as Twenty-niners. (they include: women must be segregated when they are menstruating, no smoking, drinking or drugs, no meat, no cutting down trees, and never wear blue).
6. In Bingo, ball number 29 is called In Your Prime.
7. In astrophysics, Saturn takes 29 years to orbit the Sun.
8. Angel Number 29 is a message from your angels that you are to have faith in yourself and your angels as they are encouraging and supporting you in your spiritual endeavours; also suggests that if you have ‘lost’ something of late, your angels are indicating that the Universe is manifesting something positive for you to take its’ place.
9. In the binary number system 29 can be written as 11101. In the hexadecimal number system 29 can be written as 1D. In Roman Numerals the number 29 can be written as XXIX.
10. It is the track from which the Chattanooga Choo Choo train departs in the Glenn Miller song.