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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Lobster tales
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World Nature Conservation Day
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A center of antiquity on the Mediterranean
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Corfe gets creepy
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Chinese New Year
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A day to celebrate teachers
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Autumn equinox
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World Rainforest Day
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Let the games begin
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World Space Week
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National Fossil Day
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Mediterranean red sea stars
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Nomads of the Gobi
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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A path into history
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A medieval Moorish gem
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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The crossroads of empires
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Marine Day in Japan
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Big sky at Big Bend
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A garden of prickly delights
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A tower of light
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Blink and you ll miss it
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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Landscape Architecture Month
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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Illuminating Annecy