The miracle of the number 5!

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Have you heard of the Law of Fives? All things happen in Fives, or are divisible by or are multiples of Five, or are somehow directly or indirectly appropriate to Five. Do you doubt this theory? Read on

The number 5 is the 5th Fibonacci number
1,1,2,3,5 Eureka!

Five is the only prime number to end in the digit 5

There are 5 Platonic solids:
~Tetrahedron~ four sided object
~Cube~ six sided object
~Octahedron~ eight sided object
~Dodecahedron~ twelve sided object
~Icosahedron~ twenty sided object

There are only 5 possible tetrominoes
(shapes made by joining together four squares)

Phi = 5 ^ .5 * .5 + .5

Almost all mammals, amphibians and reptiles have 5 fingers and/or toes on each extremity

We have 5 appendages from the torso:
Two arms, Two legs, and a Head

There are 5 oceans in the world:
Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern

We have 5 senses:
Sight, Smell, Hearing, Touch, and Taste

There are 5 basic tastes:
Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, and Savory

There are 5 Pillars of Islam:
The Testimony of Faith, Ritual Prayer, The Paying of Alms, Fasting on Ramadan, and The Pilgrimage to Mecca

The Torah contains 5 books:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

There are 5 rivers of Hades:
Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe, and Styx

There are 5 virtues of Sikhism:
Truth, Compassion, Contentment, Humility, and Love

There are 5 vices of Sikhism:
Lust, Rage, Greed, Attachment, and Ego

In East Asian tradition, there are 5 elements:
Water, Fire, Earth, Wood, and Metal

There are 5 virtues of Japanese traditional society:
Loyalty, Justice, Compassion, Honor, and Respect

There are 5 stages of grief:
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance

There are 5 rings in the Olympic symbol representing the union of the five major regions of the world:
Africa, The Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania

In radio communication, the term "Five by five" is used to indicate perfect signal strength and clarity

Confucius:
"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

Pythagoras:
"It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families."

Buddha:
"There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being."

Warren Buffett
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."

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And just for fun (not on the site):

When you square 11,111 (5 digit number that adds to 5) you get 123454321

Praise Eris!! ! Hail Discordia!

Mambo Number Five topic

Minute Rice is ready in 5 minutes.

The 5 dollar bill is the smallest paper currency in Canada.

The Five fingered discount (shoplifting)

The Pentagon is a 5 sided building (Of course)

Chanel Number 5

On the clock the minutes between the numerals is 5.

The television show Six Feet Under lasted 5 seasons.

A great way to greet your friend is to High 5.

A Five Star hotel is great accommodation.....

A very useful number, with only 4 letters.


Just my 5 cents worth
Thanks, Ska!!

according to the Greeks, the 'golden number' is 6...
The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42...

Numerology is a rather innocent form of insanity.

Asmodeus wrote:

5 fingers. fingers rule, they can do so many cool things

The universe can easily be imagined in 5 dimensions.

The other 5 element breakdown is earth, air, fire, water and spirit.

Arguably the number of fundamental forces too.

However, the truth of the matter is that if there were to be any number that has any special significance it would be 2.
it's is the basis of the binary system, it represents on/off.
If humans had 8 or 16 fingers (a power of 2) we would likely have invented the computer centuries ago, as we would use the number system called octal or hexadecimal

by 2 is also the only prime number ending in 2. (for that matter, the only even prime)