Yep - this is the 400th post on the Reference Blog. Quite an achievement in this world of turnover and instant change and communication and video-on-demand!
400! Imagine that! That's one post per day for over 13 months in a row!
So, what am I going to write about on my 400th blog entry? That's easy!
I'm going to write about the number 400 - which, evidently, is a very notable number according to numerologists, Wikipedia (search for the number 400), and the Google (search for the number 400).
So, what does the number 400 represent in other fields?
1. The Four Hundred (oligarchy) of ancient Athens.
2. The HTTP status code on the internet....'The request cannot be fulfilled due to bad syntax'.
3. The 400 Club - a phrase meaning the wealthiest, most famous, or most powerful social group - leading to a list like the Forbes 400...very cool to see who is on the list. Talk about 'Masters of the Universe!'.
4. Atari 400 home computer...let's go back in time to about 1979 to 1992!!!!
5. 400 - Lebanese card game.
6. Silly and insignificant, but it was the yard number of the RMS Olympic - the RMS Titantic's sister ship.
7. In baseball - if you can ever, ever, every bat .400, you'll probably go to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Only a handful of players have ever hit .400 over the course of a full major league season. The last one to bat .400 was Ted Williams in 1941!
8. The Sun is about 400 times the size of the Moon and is approximately 400 times further away - which creates a temporary illusion in which the Sun and the Moon in the Earth's sky appear to be the similar size...interesting effect!
9. Forum 400 - similar to entry #3 - which discusses the Forbes 400 - but a bit different. The Forum400 is an elite group of the top life insurance producers in the country which helps them get 'better'. The organization bills itself as 'Where Leaders and Legends Converge'. Go figure. It kind of sounds like they are trying to glom off the 'Forbes 400' list...
So there you have it - 9 very interesting uses of the number 400 in all areas of human endeavor! Enjou the post - the links and here's to another 400 interesting, fact-filled, uplifting, educational, entertaining and just plain fun blog posts!
Regards,
Stu
