But Who's Counting?

46 Trivia

1. In Psalm 46 in the King James Version of the Bible, the 46th word from the beginning is "shake" and the 46th word from the end is "spear"; at the time of publication of the King James Bible, playwright William Shakespeare was 46 years old



2. The number of samurai, out of 47, who carried out the attack in the historical Ako vendetta; sometimes referred to as the 46 Ronins to discount the one samurai forced to turn back



3. At age 46:
   Ben Franklin conducted kite experiments, and discovered lightning is an electrical discharge. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 . Alfred Eisenstaedt took his a photo of a sailor sweeping up a girl in a kiss during the V-J day celebration in Times Square.



4. The total of books in the Old Testament, Catholic version, if the Book of Lamentations is counted as a book separate from the Book of Jeremiah .



5. The atomic number of palladium .



6. The number of human chromosomes .