{"id":201045,"date":"2020-02-21T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=201045"},"modified":"2023-11-22T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T09:00:37","slug":"number-21-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/number-21-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-One Tremendous Facts About the Number 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
Numbers have always played an important role in the development of the human race, and have been a key contributor to the rise and fall of civilizations.\n
Over the ages, people have attributed many factors to numbers. Numerology, superstition, important dates and so many other things cling to various numbers.\n
Let\u2019s take a look at some interesting facts about the number 21.\n
In the US, when you reach the age of 21 you\u2019re legally allowed to purchase and consume alcohol. Ironically, you can go to war and vote at the age of 18, but you still have to wait three more years until you can have a drink!\n
Unlike the rest of the 50 states of the US, you cannot purchase tobacco products in California, Hawaii, or New Jersey until you reach the age of 21.\n 21 is considered the age of majority in a number of countries, including the USA, the UAE, Bahrain, and Singapore. When you reach the age of majority, you are no longer considered a minor and thus have complete legal control over yourself, your decisions, and your actions.\n At the age of 21 in the UK you are allowed to accompany a driver who is on their learner’s driving license, providing you have had a full driving license for at least three years.\n When Adele reached the age of 21 in 2011 she released her second album titled \u201c21.\u201d The naming of it wasn\u2019t too subtle though, as it was simply named after her age at the time of release.\n If you live in the US, you\u2019re only allowed to buy more than one ticket to an R-rated movie once you reach the age of 21. Why? Your guess is as good as mine!\n In Roman numerals, 21 is written as XXI.\n Before the rules were changed in 2011, 21 was the amount of points required to win a game of table tennis and badminton.\n The 21st amendment of the US constitution actually negated the effects of the 18th amendment, which was originally put in place to prohibit alcohol on a national scale. Cheers to that!\n Ever got bored enough to count the amount of dots on a 6-sided die? Now you don\u2019t have to \u2013 there\u2019s a grand total of 21 of them!\n The popular punk-rock band Green Day released a song in 2009 called 21 Guns, which addressed the topic of patriotism.\n 21 grams is the physical weight of the soul, according to the physician Duncan MacDougal. He calculated this by measuring the body weight of 6 patients before and after their deaths.\n The flag of Kurdistan, created by Kurdish rebels in 1928, depicts a sun in its center with 21 golden rays reaching out from it.\n 21 is the atomic number of the chemical element scandium. Discovered in 1879, it is classified as a rare-earth element.\n 21 is the 8th number in the Fibonacci sequence, preceded by 13 and followed by 34.\n During the First World War, the Japanese Empire sent a list of 21 demands to the Chinese government. These demands were related to the control of the region of Manchuria, and were opposed by the UK and the US.\n