National Yellow Pig Day is observed on 17 July and is especially for all the mathematicians of the world!
National Yellow Pig Day originated during the early 1960 when two mathematicians named Michael Spivak and David Kellywere given an assignment to
analyze the property of number 17. As a result of this research, they began finding out interesting properties about number 17 and in the process came up
with a mythical Yellow Pig which has 17 teeth, 17 toes, 17 eye lashes and so on. On this day a star… or rather, a pig, was born!
Yellow Pig day is celebrated with much fanfare amongst the mathematical society. Mathematics students wear T-Shirts based on mathematical themes with a yellow pig on it, exchanging yellow pig and other gifts based on mathematical themes. The celebration is concluded by singing yellow pig carols and eating yellow pig cakes.
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