Number 12 facts

Asteroids

• (12) Victoria is asteroid number 12. It was discovered by J. R. Hind from George Bishop Observatory on 9/13/1850.

Aircrafts and flights

• 'The Lockheed YF-12' was a prototype interceptor aircraft developed by the American company Lockheed for the United States Air Force as a derivative of the secret CIA Lockheed A-12 aircraft, from which the now famous aircraft of SR-71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance.
• 'The Lockheed A-12' was a reconnaissance aircraft built for the CIA by Lockheed through its Skunk Works. Its single-seater design, which first flew in 1962, was a precursor to the USAF YF-12 interceptor and the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.

Areas, mountains and surfaces

• The total area of South Island is 56,308 square miles (145,836 square km). Country New Zealand (Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Southland, Tasman and West Coast). 12th largest island in the world.

Astrology

• There are 12 signs of the Zodiac.
• It is one of the lucky numbers for the zodiac sign Gemini.
• What is astrology and what is it for?

Biology

• A foot (naturally occurring unit of length) is 12 inches.
• The human body has 12 cranial nerves.

Games

• Pokémon Butterfree (Batafurī) is a Pokémon number # 012 of the National Pokédex. Butterfree is a bug and flying Pokémon in the first generation. It is a Pokémon from the Bug Egg group. The other Butterfree indexes are Kalos Centro index 025 - Central Zone Pokédex, Johto index 026 .

History and politics

• ISO 3166 country codes for Algeria are DZ, DZA, 012 and internet top-level domain is .dz
• United Nations Security Council Resolution number 12, adopted 10 December 1946. British troops in Greece. Resolution text.

In other fields

• 1 year is 12 months.
• The tree of life has 12 different types of fruits.
• The duodenum (derived from the Latin origin term 'duodecim', meaning 'twelve') is part of the small intestine and in an adult it measures approximately 12 inches in length (30.5 cm).
• For the Greeks, the Olympian gods of the Pantheon were 12, as well as a dozen works commissioned to the mythical Roman hero Hercules as penance.
• The American writer F. Emerson Andrews founded The Duodecimal Society on April 5, 1944 with the aim of researching and educating 'in mathematical science, with special dedication to the use of Base Twelve of numbering, in mathematics, weights and measures'.
• The secret number of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia temple is 12. All the proportions of the construction elements involve the divisors of 12, a figure that allows a very rich factoring and its division into halves and thirds.
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• Hate Symbol: The number 12 is a number symbol for Aryan Brotherhood groups (as are numbers 1 and 2 separately), especially Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Substituting letters for numbers, 12 equals AB, that is, Aryan Brotherhood. The list of evil numbers.
• Puerto Nº 12 is a red wine from the DO Valencia, Spain.
• Dreaming of the number 12 means the integration of society and the group to which you belong.

Literature

• The ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Italy. Example book: ISBN 979-12-200-0852-5 Lorenzo Pacini, L'arte la vita e un pizzico di Van Gogh, Edizioni d'Arte (2016)

Mathematics

• 12 is the only number such that it is equal to the sum of 3 raised to its digits: 12 = 3¹ + 3²
• 12 is the smallest abundant number.

Motorsport and cars

• The Ferrari 12Cilindri is a longitudinally mounted mid-rear-engine, rear-wheel drive, grand touring super sports car produced by the Italian manufacturer Ferrari.

Music

• 'D12' (acronym in English derived from Detroit), also known as The Dirty Dozen and D-Twizzy, is a hip hop group originally from Detroit, Michigan. D12 was formed in 1990, but they only achieved success in the rap world when Eminem, the group's leader, achieved international fame at the turn of the century.
• 'The 12 Disciples' or' Qutate Tu Pa 'Ponerme Yo' is a song by Eddie Dee.
• '12 dage 'is a song by the Danish singer Medina.
• '12 Gatsu no Kangaroo '(12 月 の カ ン ガ ル ー, December Kangaroos), is the 16th single by Japanese idol girl group SKE48.
• '12 Byō '(12 秒 Jūni-byō, lit. '12 Seconds') is the fifth single by Japanese idol group HKT48.

Religions

• The New Jerusalem, the city of heaven, is described as having thick walls, symbolic of the 12 tribes and the 12 Apostles.
• According to the Bible, Jacob had 12 sons, and in this same book it is mentioned that there were 12 tribes of Israel and 12 apostles.
• It represents the Church and the authority of God in the Bible.
• There are 12 gates of Paradise.

Science

• Magnesium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

Sports

• In boxing, after the death of boxer Duk Koo Kim following a world championship fight with World Boxing Association lightweight world champion Ray Mancini, the World Boxing Council determined that boxers were more prone to suffer fatal injuries from round 13 to round 15, thus soon after boxing fights were universally limited to a maximum of 12 rounds only.
• The best athletes to wear number 12
  Tom Brady, NFL; Joe Namath, NFL; Terry Bradshaw, NFL; John Stockton, NBA; Jim Kelly, NFL; Ken Stabler, NFL; Roger Staubach, NFL; Roberto Alomar, MLB

Tv, movies and cinematography

• Film: 12 (12) Year: 2007 Duration: 153 Genre: Courtroom drama Director: Nikita Mikhalkov With: Nikita Mikhalkov; Sergey Makovezkij
• Film: Twelve Monkeys (12 Monkeys) Year: 1995 Duration: 130 Director: Terry Gilliam With: Bruce Willis; Madeleine stowe
• Movie: 12:08 East of Bucharest (A Fost sau na fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest)) Year: 2006 Duration: 89 Genre: Comedy | Drama Director: Corneliu Porumboiu With: Mircea Andreescu; Teodor corban

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• The last Etruscan inscription was carved.
• Caligula was born.

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Frequently asked questions about the number 12

• How do you write the number 12 in words?

  12 can be written as "twelve".