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In the year of 2011 it seems appropriate to have a look at where the number 11 features and it pops up in a wonderful variety of places.
- Do you follow soccer, hockey or American football? Well they all have 11 players. Rugby on the other hand is 15 players but did you know a standard size 5 rugby ball is 11" long?
- The first spacecraft to land on the moon in 1969 was Apollo 11 and the command module is still on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
- 11-11-11 : World War 1 ended at 11 a.m on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
- We all know that Everest is the highest point on earth but few can name the deepest part in our oceans. It is called Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, in the Pacific ocean near Japan. It is 11km deep (Everest is 8.85km high by comparison)
- Speaking of oceans what about the movie Oceans 11? Oceans being the name of the character played by George Clooney by the way and nothing to to do with the high seas.
- Speaking of movies
