26 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

Twenty-six is:

• A 2003 novel by Leo McKay, Jr..
• The name of the Australian Alternative Rock band, 26
• The number of letters in the English and Interlingua alphabets, if capital letters are not distinguished from lowercase letters.
• The total number of cases on Deal or No Deal.
• The number of miles in a marathon rounded down (26 miles and 385 yards).
• Often the number of episodes in a television program each year; this allows one new show per week for half the year, and one rerun per week for the rest of the year.
• The alias of punk rock singer Doc Corbin Dart
• The age at which males can no longer be drafted in the United States
• The "joke throw" in the game of darts, where a player throws 20, 5 and 1 when aiming for 20 (or treble 20). In professional darts, throwing 26 usually results in sneers or laughter from the audience.
• A dice game popular in the midwest United States from the 1930s to 1950s; players had to roll a chosen number 26 times or more, exactly 13 or fewer than 10.
• In a normal deck of cards, there are 26 red cards and 26 black cards.
• The number of Cantons of Switzerland.
• The number of bones in the normal human Foot and Ankle.