Gustave Flaubert wrote that "an infinity of passion can be contained in one minute." So, if you have boundless passion for contemplating the immeasurable, a full day should offer plenty of time. August 8 (8/8) is Infinity Day since the numeral 8 looks like a tilted ∞, the common symbol for infinity first popularized in 17th-century math books. But the concept of infinity itself represents an idea much older, inherent in the countless spiritual traditions that revere eternal gods or outline endless life cycles.
It s ∞ Day!
Today in History
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Pollinator Week
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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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International Women s Day
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Dog days of summer
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Headed to the High Country
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The smoke before the bonfire
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Hello, spring!
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Channel Country, Australia
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Take me to the river
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Reflecting on fall
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On this shore, history was made
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National Fossil Day
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The power of the forest
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Celebrating Panama s independence
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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National Park Week begins
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Loud waters
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Astrotourism at its finest
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Castellfollit de la Roca, Catalonia, Spain
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Whatever floats your boat
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Don t go chasing waterfalls
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The artists come to Venice
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Spring equinox
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Frankenstein Friday
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Float on