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The Chronicles of number 27
The number 27 is one of the strangest of all numbers. sure, it's 3x3x3. sure, it's also 3 to the power 3. but it is also one of those numbers which keeps cropping up in unexpected places. you'll be reading a book and the main character will say his life changes when he reached 27. or you'll be watching a movie and the heroine will be wearing a t-shirt with 27 on it. over and over again, it keeps coming back.

The properties of 27

 * the cube of three, ie 3x3x3 (3 to the power 3) is 27


 * the number of straight lines on any cubic surface is 27


 * if you add the numbers between 2 and 7 the result is 27


 * the largest number which is also the sum of the digits in its cube is 27


 * 2 and 7 are the smallest and largest single-digit primes


 * the number of books in the new testament is 27


 * the 27th book of the new testament is revelation, written by St John of Patmos, whose saint's day is December 27


 * in the book of revelation it states that the antichrist will have power over 27 states


 * the number of pieces in a rubik's cube is 27


 * the number of letters in the greek alphabet is 27


 * the number of letters in the hebrew alphabet is 27


 * the number of letters in the spanish alphabet is 27


 * the moon takes 27 days to orbit the earth


 * the sun revolves on its axis every 27 days


 * during the cold war, the russians experimented with supercomputers using base 27


 * the value of the coloured balls in snooker adds up to 27


 * a croquet lawn is 27 metres long


 * a lawn tennis court is 27 feet wide


 * the age at which musicians Robert Johnson, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kristen Pfaff, Chris Bell, Brian Jones, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain died was 27


 * the human hand contains 27 bones


 * it takes 27 days for a human cell to re-grow


 * a human ejaculation travels at 27 mph


 * The European Union (EU) is a political body, made up of 27 member states, the majority of which are located in continental Europe.


 * On March 2nd 1796 Napoleon was named commander of the army of Italy at the age of 27.


 * Walt Disney World is 27,000 acres large.


 * A tennis court is 27 feet wide.


 * A official croquet lawn is 27 meters long.


 * There are 27 generations from David to the Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew.


 * Among the 365 different numbers found in the Bible, 27 of them are prime numbers, counting the number one.


 * Replace each of the letters in the name "Lucifer" with the number of its position in the alphabet (L=12, u=21, c=3 etc). Multiply these numbers (12*21*3 etc), and you get 3674160. Add these digits. Voila! You get 27!

#27's appearances in the movies



 * Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) is set is 2027


 * Oh God! (1977) - In this 1977 Carl Reiner movie, Jerry Landers (John Denver),a supermarket manager meets God (George Burns) on the 27th floor in Room 2700


 * Star Wars (1977) - when the death star is approaching yavin iv the countdown reaches 27 before the announcement "the death star has cleared the planet"


 * Outland (1981) - the miners are stationed at "Con-Am 27"


 * Return of the Jedi (1983) - Admiral Ackbar says "Fighters in sector 27"


 * Cocoon (1985): one of the characters says "27, that's my lucky number"


 * High Road to China (1983) - In one of the opening scenes there is a 27 on the door that the killer opens.


 * In Aliens (1986), when Ripley and Newt are waiting for bishop on the landing pad, the queen alien uses the elevator and the number 27 is on the outside of the door.


 * Back to School (1986) - When Rodney starts his oral exam, the first teacher says, "I only have one question... in 27 parts." Rodney says, "I'd like to break him in 27 parts."


 * Twins (1988) - In the beginning we find that the closest land to Julius' island was 27 miles away.


 * Back to the Future 2 (1989): When Marty gets hit over the head, he wakes up on the 27th floor of Biff's tower.


 * Back to the Future 3 (1990): when Marty gets the delorean back the date reads 27th


 * I Love You to Death (1990) - The mother says (as she's reading it from a tabloid) that someone was stabbed 27 times.


 * In Goodfellas (1990) after Maury was killed his wife came over to Henry's house all frantic because she has lived with him for 27 years.


 * L.A. Story (1991) - Steve Martin says, "She's not that young. She'll be 27 in four years."


 * The Super (1991) - Joe Pesci's dad owns 27 buildings.


 * Street Fighter (1994) - After Bison gave his "beautiful speech", a boat passes by with a big 27 on it.


 * Billy Madison (1995) - Billy is 27 years old.


 * Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - Woody Allen is talking about his body being chopped up and put into 27 mason Jars.


 * The Crucible (1996) - The head minister checks 27 people for signs of witchcraft.


 * Escape from L.A. (1996) - At the beginning of the movie, a reporter says that someone was "...convicted of 27 immoral crimes."


 * Michael (1996) - William Hurt is talking about why he got fired from his last job... He says something about an old man who worked for his company for 27 years.


 * The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) - When Larry meets Alan Isaacman for the first time, Alan is 27. Also, the first exhibit for the first court case shows that there are 27 other men's magazines sold in the Connecticut area.


 * A Time to Kill (1996) - The secretary has been married for 27 years.


 * In the movie Independence Day (1996) the secret captured alien spacecraft was being stored in hanger 27 at Area 51.


 * In Alien Resurrection (1997), when Father, the computers voice of the ship, announces that non human presence is detected, he mentions floor 27.


 * In The Fifth Element (1997)- When they send the probe into the big sphere for the first time, one of the guys says that the growth rate is at 27%. Also, after Corbin blows up the door in the escape hanger, we see the bomb's big, red display showing 27 seconds left.


 * G.I. Jane (1997) - At the beginning of the movie, when they are looking for candidates for the program, someone picks up a file and says that the person is 27 years old.


 * Murder at 1600 (1997) - There were 27 cameras covering the White House.


 * The Saint (1997) - At the beginning of the movie, Val Kilmer is listening to himself on a tape recorder... He says that someone's vehicle was driven by a younger son who is now 27 years old.


 * Contact (1997): the alien signal is picked up by dish number 27 (out of 27 dishes)


 * In The Big Lebowski (1998) - When Walter pulled out his gun in the bowling alley he broke article #27 of the league rules. This was told to the "dude" on the phone the next day by the league's organizer.


 * Mission to Mars (2000): at a critical moment, the screen displays 27% oxygen left then changes


 * K-Pax (2001): The date on which Prot is scheduled to return home to K-pax is July 27


 * In the movie Little Nicky (2000), when the character (the son of satan) first enters the apartment, the number 27 shows up on the door.


 * In "Little Nicky again, when he plays basketball against his brother he is wearing a jersey with the number 27 on it.


 * Final Fantasy - the spirits within (2001): During the battle scene a single ship tries to escape and is blown up over the city, on its wing it displays "ID-27"


 * In Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets (2002), harry enters the bookshop to hear a celebration of gilderoy lockhart's "27 weeks on the daily prophet's best sellers list"


 * In the movie Minority Report (2002) during a search for Tom Cruise the head sensor detects "27 warm bodies"


 * In the 2003 Film Matrix: Reloaded Neo and Clan had to knock out 27 blocks on the power grid to gain access to the central computer of the matrix. Behind the door was the Architect of the Matrix.


 * Star Trek: nemesis (2003): Captain Pickard says "I have defeated 27 life forms"


 * In Terminator 3: rise of the machines (2003), When Arnie is hanging form the crane, which is trying to crash him into a building, he jumps over an ambulance with a number 27 on the side.


 * Also in T-3, the Terminatrix was sucked onto the particle accelerator with a big yellow 27 stamped on the pipe.


 * In the movie The Italian Job (2003) the sum of money in gold was 27 million dollars.


 * The Village (2004) - Near the end of the film the blind girl climbs over the wall and the security guard got on the radio and said "we have somebody at mile 27".


 * In V for Vendetta (2006) - 27 appears several times - the newsreader reports "27 people dead", there are two references to the date May 27, and Finch says he has "been a party member for 27 years"


 * Children of Men (2006) is about a dystopic future in which people cannot reproduce - it is set in the year 2027

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