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Forward or Backward, It's All the Same in August
Aiken, SC (08/01/2018) — Palindrome is not a widely used word, but it is a "fun" one, according to the director of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
"It is simply a sequence of characters that read the same forward and backward," explains Dr. Gary Senn.
Some simple palindrome words include Anna, Bob, level, madam and racecar.
Others are fun phrases, like: "Was it a car or a cat I saw?" and "Never odd or even."
The longest palindrome sentence is 17,826 words long and has 74,633 letters, according Senn.
August 2018 includes a number of palindrome dates, specifically:
8/1/18 - 8118
8/10/18 - 81018
8/11/18 - 81118
8/12/18 - 81218
8/13/18 - 81318
8/14/18 - 81418
8/15/18 - 81518
8/16/18 - 81618
8/17/18 - 81718
8/18/18 - 81818
8/19/18 - 81918
Senn believes the "big celebration of palindrome" is 8/10/2018 - 8102018.
"While August might be hot, you can enjoy this 'cool' phenomenon of the Palindrome Days of August," he added.
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A palindrome is a sequence of characters that read the same forward and backward. There are several palindrome dates in August 2018, according to Dr. Gary Senn, director of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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