ROCKSTAR 101
Posted: Saturday, August 6, 2011 by RoNRoNTuRoN in
101 days. Starting Today. Right Now.
One hundred [and] one is the natural number following 100 and preceding 102.
- 101 is the 26th prime number and a palindromic number (and so a palindromic prime). The next prime is 103, with which it makes a twin prime pair, making 101 a Chen prime. Because the period length of its reciprocal is unique among primes, 101 is a unique prime. 101 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1.
- 101 is the sum of five consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29).
- 101 is a centered decagonal number.
- In mineralogy, a Miller index of 101 is a crystal face that crosses the horizontal axis (a) and 3d vertical axis (c) but does not cross the 2d vertical axis (b).
- In physics and chemistry, it is the atomic number of mendelevium, an actinide
- More books are now published with a title that begins with '101' than '100'. They usually describe or discuss a list of items, such as 101 Ways to... or 101 Questions and Answers About... . This marketing tool is used to imply that the customer is given a little extra information beyond books that include only 100 items.
- Room 101 is a torture chamber in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

i love the geekiness of this post! :)