Just saw a post on Mental Floss that adds even more intrigue to today's date...
The Independent is reporting that 08/08/08 is a big day in China because of the opening of the Olympics but also because the number 8 is a homophone for "wealth." (A homophone is a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.)
It is reported that all 200 beds in Beijing's main maternity ward are full of women who have scheduled caesarean deliveries on this date so that they can "ensure that most auspicious and treasured of babies - an Olympic baby."
Other cities are reporting scheduled births today at five times the normal number.
They also report that an estimated 16,000 couples will be married today.
So apparently the Chinese people are not quite as skeptical as the staff here at TMUOTF...
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