Amazing Facts about the number 7 and its specialty!

Why is 10 afraid of 7? It’s because seven ate (eight) nine! You knew this, we are sure. But do you know about the other things that make this number special? Have you thought of how this number is associated with us and in what different ways? Well, this article gives you some interesting facts about the number seven. Read, read.

 

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7 wonders of the world.

7 continents are there in the world.

7 colors are there in the rainbow.

7 days in a week.

7 rows (periods) in a Modern Periodic Table.

7 stars are there in the constellation big Dipper and Orion.

7 has the highest probability of occurring as an addition when rolling a dice.

7 is the only number below 15 that cannot be represented as a sum of the squares of three integers.

7 columns are in the Newland's Law of Octaves.

7 pairs of contrasting characters in garden pea plant was noted by George J. Mendel, to arrive at his laws of inheritance.

7^th Largest country is India.

7th largest resource of lithium in the world has India.

7^th son of Devaki was Lord Balram.

7 holes are in a shehnai.

7 basic musical notes (sa,re,ga,ma,pa,da,ni)

7 different asanas in Surya Namaskar.

Gautam Buddha wandered for 7 years to seek enlightenment and finally after sitting  under a peepal tree for 7 days, he was enlightened and renamed the tree - the Bodhi Tree (Tree of Wisdom).

Hindu mythology regards the seven stars in the Ursa Major constellation as representing 7 Rishis. Hence, the Hindi name is Saptrishi.

There are 7 Chiranjeevis (immortals) as mentioned in Hindu Puranas (scriptures) - Ashwattama, Mahabali, Sage Vyasa, Lord Hanuman, Vibhishana, Kripacharya, Lord Parashurama

Indian army is organised into 7 regional commands.

The sport Kabaddi and Water Polo is played with 7 players on each side.

Northeast India comprises 7 states, also called the seven sisters.

There are seven logic gates namely, NOT, NOR, XNOR, XOR, AND, NAND, and OR.

The ASCII code is a 7 bit code and so it has 2^7=128 possible code groups.

Octal number system in computer has eight digits ranging from 0 to 7.

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the crust of the earth has been formed out of 7 major and some minor plates.

The neutral pH value that lies between acidity and alkalinity is 7.

Tanabata, also known as the 'star festival' is a Japanese festival observed on the seventh day of the seventh month - July 7.

On 7/7/1777, Battle of Hubbardton in American Revolutionary War took place.

7 digits in an American or a Canadian telephone number.

7 types of connective tissue found in animals (humans) namely blood, bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, areolar and adipose tissue.

7% of human body weight is made up of blood.

7 hours atleast we should sleep at night.

7 fundamental physical quantities or base units in International System of Units.

It only takes 7 seconds for food to reach the stomach.

The texa of living organisms are placed in 7 hierarchical categorisation: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

Mammalian bodies have 7 external orifices.

Our skin is regenerated in 7 days, also every cell in our body is replaced every 7 years.

There are 7 natural body openings or orifices providing access to an internal cavity.

The stages of grief are considered to be 7 in number.

Light is composed of 7 colours.

People who are currently alive represent about 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived.

Sirtuins are a group of 7 proteins found in the body.

Harry Potter comprises of 7 books. To know more about 7 speciality in Potter world, visit https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/the-significance-of-seven-infographic

 

This was a compilation of some interesting facts about the number 7. Numbers are infinite, and each is believed to have a significance of its own right. Now check if the magical number seven, or any other, has affected you any way.

For a fact, some numbers keep repeating in our lives. They follow us in their own way. Or do we follow them? Think about it and see if you have a connection with the number 7. DO let us know, what you found.