100 VISITS!

The first milestone since starting our blog- 100 visits to our blog! What is in a number? Well, 100 pennies will get you a dollar.

Some interesting facts about the number 100:

100 is the sum of the cubes of the first four integers (100 = 13 + 23 + 33 + 43)

100 degrees Celsius is the boiling temperature of pure water at sea level

The number of years in a century

A 100 year old person is known as a centenarian. George Burns. Bob Hope, and United States Senator Strom Thurmond were among those who had lived to 100.

The number of pounds in an American short hundredweight

The United States Senate has 100 Senators

The number of subunits into which many of the world's currencies are divided; for example, one euro is one hundred cents and one Pound Sterling is one hundred pence

The number of tiles in a standard Scrabble set

The denomination of the U.S. hundred-dollar bill with Benjamin Franklin's portrait; the "Benjamin" is the largest U.S. bill in print

The denomination of American savings bonds with Thomas Jefferson's portrait

The denomination of American treasury bonds with Andrew Jackson's portrait

In Greece, India and Israel, 100 is the police telephone number.

In Belgium, 100 is the ambulance and firefighter telephone number.

In United Kingdom, 100 is the operator telephone number

Hundred Days, aka the Waterloo Campaign

"The First Hundred Days" is an arbitrary benchmark of a President of the United States' performance at the beginning of his term

100 is the HTTP status code indicating that the client should continue with its request

STS-100 Space Shuttle Endeavour launched April 19, 2001

The 100-Series Highways are a series of arterial highways in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia

SEPTA Route 100, also known as the Norristown High-Speed Line, is an interurban line system operating between Upper Darby and Norristown, Pennsylvania

NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange

The American Film Institute series
Radio stations such as Z100 WHTZ New York and Z100 KKRZ, Portland, Oregon

In English slang, adding the number 100 to a particular skill or subject denotes introductory knowledge ("Physics 100", "Soccer 100"), akin to the name of a first
year university subject.

Games 100 is an annual listing of the year’s top games

The Time 100 is a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by Time. The list has developed into an annual event.

The One Hundred Years War
One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 musical comedy film starring Deanna Durbin

100 Grand Bar (formerly known as $100,000 Bar) is a candy bar produced by Nestlé

Monterrey, Mexico is located at 25 degrees 40' N latitude and 100 degrees 18' W longitude

Pope Valentine succeeded Pope Eugene II to become the 100th Pope in August 827

The minimum distance in yards for a Par 3 on a golf course

The number of yards in an American football field (not including the end zones)

So, what "100" did I miss? Send a comment and we'll see what else we all didn't know!