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Numberland
Twelve
A DOZEN
A dozen dopey daughters dozing in their
bed.
A dozen dopey daughters chatting in the
dark.
The eldest girl whispered sudden, rough
and fierce.
If one of us gets married, it will end in
tears.
A dozen dopey daughters dreaming in a
room.
A dozen dopey daughters looking at the
stars.
A dozen happy spinsters. A dozen old
maids.
Twelve round brown eggs would never ever
be laid.
A dozen dopey daughters under mother
moon.
A dozen dopey daughters under sheets of
cloud.
The youngest girl whispered a twelve line
prayer.
But whose was that footstep on the
wooden stair...
Jackie Kay
The "long hundred" once signified plenty:
It meant more than the standard "short" century
Base TWELVE was the count
Which increased the amount
TWELVE times ten gives one hundred and twenty
A Stanton
There are 12 stars on the European flag.
The years of Jupiter are 12 Earth years long.
The shortest mammalian gestation period is 12 days for the short-nosed bandicoot, which is a marsupial.
According to The Bible, Jesus Christ had 12 apostles.
Some guitars have 12 strings (though most have only 6).
There are 12 days of Christmas.
There are 12 months in a year.
12 is a dozen.
Franklin D Roosevelt was the longest serving US president, having served 12 years. There is now a two term limit meaning that successful presidents cannot serve more than 8 years.
Car batteries are 12 volt.
Martha Jane Canary had 12 husbands. However she was surrounded by misfortune and 11 met untimely deaths, hence her nickname - Calamity Jane.
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