TWELVE!

Today is a big day for me, people. I have a new blog follower! Number 12!! As I do with everyone, I commemorate their addition to our fam by recognizing their notable number, whatever that may be. She's a 12. And likes hot air balloons.

On to the fascinating #12:

• The duodenum (from Latin duodecim, "twelve") is the first part of the small intestine that is about twelve inches long. More precisely, this section of the intestine was measured not in inches but in fingerwidths. In fact, in German the name of the duodenum is Zwölffingerdarm, meaning "twelve-finger bowel." GROSS!
• There are 12 Days of Christmas. (There are 31 days of Johannakah, FYI, starts October 1 and ends October 31....totally unrelated, just a friendly reminder)
• There are 12 Months in a Year
• The Seattle Seahawks do not allow their players to be #12 on their jerseys, as they reserve #12 for their fans in the stands, as if to say, their supporters are part of the team. I think that's cute.
• A jury for felony trials consists of 12 people. There are also 12 years in a felony sentence.
• Mr. Gisele Bundchen is #12 for the NE Patriots (see his ever so attractive before-he-was-famous photo above. What a nneerrddd)
• Jed Lowrie is #12 for the Red Sox.
• Branimir Bunjac has written an entire book about the mysteries surrounding the #12. He is totally obsessed with this number. See his website here: http://number12secret.com/portal/
• There must be at least 12 sentences in order for a paragraph to fit the criteria of being an actual paragraph.
• A dozen = 12
• Jesus Christ surrounded himself with 12 of his homies. Except they were called 'Disciples'.
• The #12 appears more often in the Harry Potter books than any other number. JK Rowling also uses the word 'dozen' hundreds of times.

There you go! Welcome #12!!