The opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games falls today on Aug.
Here are some tidbits on the significance of the number:
• In the United States, the wedding and gift registry site Wedding Channel has seen a 213 percent increase in weddings for Aug. 8, 2008, compared with the same Friday last year on Aug. 10, said Summer Krecke, the deputy editor.
• Along with great fortune, the number eight is the atomic number for oxygen. There are eight days of Hanukkah. The symbol for infinity takes on the shape of eight, and there are eight planets (Pluto was demoted).
• Want to find your lucky date? Go to the Lucky Days and Dates Calculator and find out when the gods will be on your side this year.
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