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!
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International Mountain Day
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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National Hammock Day
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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National Moon Day
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Jasper Dark Sky Festival
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Big Bend National Park turns 78
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The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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World Numbat Day
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Palazzo Zuccari, Rome
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