Special properties of number 24 (Today’s Date)

1. 24 is the factorial of 4 (24 = 4!).
2. 24 is an Abundant Number. In number theory, an abundant number or excessive number is a number for which the sum of its proper divisors is greater than the number itself. The first few abundant numbers are 12, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, ... There are only 21 abundant numbers less than 100, and they are all even.
3. 24 is the largest number divisible by all numbers less than its square root.
4. It is a highly composite number, having more divisors than any smaller number.
5. 24 is a semiperfect number, since adding up all the proper divisors of 24 except 4 and 8 gives 24.
6. Subtracting 1 from any of its divisors (except 1 and 2, but including itself) yields a prime number; 24 is the largest number with this property.
7. 24 is a Harshad number (number divisible by its sum of digits).
8. The product of any four consecutive numbers is divisible by 24.
9. 24 is the only nontrivial solution to the cannonball problem, that is: 1^2+2^2+3^2+...+24^2 is a perfect square (=70^2). (The trivial case is just 1^2 = 1^2.)
10. 24 is the number of Tirthankaras (in Janism)
11. 24 is the number of spokes in the Ashok Chakra
12. 24 carats represents 100% pure gold.
13. There are 24 hours in a day.
14. 24 is the number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet.
15. The Chemical Element Chromium has an atomic number of 24.