21 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

21 is:

• The current century—spanning the years from 2001 to 2100—referred to as the 21st century. The approach of this century inspired many forward-looking 20th century events and company and product names, such as the Century 21 Exposition (another name for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair), Century 21 Real Estate, and Century 21 Television (producers of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson Supermarionation shows like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons).
• The Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, thereby ending Prohibition.
• Illinois - the 'Land of Lincoln' - is the 21st state to join the United States. Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois when he was 21 and he met his future wife - Mary Todd - in Springfield when she was 21. Illinois currently has 21 electoral votes in the US Presidential Election.
• The number of spots on a standard cubical (six-sided) die (1+2+3+4+5+6)
• The number of firings in a 21-gun salute honoring Royalty or leaders of countries
• There are 21 trump cards of the tarot deck if one does not consider The Fool to be a proper trump card.
• The standard TCP/IP port number for FTP connection
• The Twenty-One Demands were a set of demands which were sent to the Chinese government by the Japanese government of Okuma Shigenobu in 1915
• 21 Demands of MKS led to the foundation of Solidarity in Poland.
• In Israel, the number is associated with the profile 21 (the military profile designation granting an exemption from the military service)
• 21 grams is the weight of the soul, according to research by Duncan MacDougall, generally regarded as meaningless.
• 21 is the designation of a US Highway connecting Wytheville, Virginia and Beaufort, South Carolina, a truncation of a route that once connected Cleveland, Ohio and Jacksonville, Florida, among other highways past and present.
• The number of the French department Côte-d'Or
• XXI is a French journal devoted to long-form journalism.