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5/7/09 - An Odd Day Indeed

May 7, 2009, 10:26 AM — 

Math nerds rejoice for today has been dubbed Odd Day -- one of 6 days this century when the month, day, and year are consecutive odd numbers. Learn more about Odd Day and how you can win $579 here: http://www.oddday.net/

Other geek holidays celebrated this year include:
February 13, 2009 (the day the Unix calendar hit 1234567890)
Square root day (3/3/09)
Pi day (March 14)
Star Wars Day (May 4 -- as in "May the fourth be with you")
Avogadro's Number day (October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. -- that's 6.02 x 10^23 for those not in the know)

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