Do you find yourself looking at digital clocks at 11:11 with disturbing frequency? Have you ever wondered what the deeper meaning of this is? Well go away. The information here will probably not be very interesting to you. If you want to find a bunch of cockamamie theories that validate your weird superstitions, just do a Google search for strange things about the number eleven, and you’ll find more wacky theories about 11 than you can shake a stick at. We think the FACTS about the number 11 are weird enough, so our post for 11/11/11 (which we published at 1:11am) is about the peculiar number 11.

Multiplying numbers that are all elevens always result in an eerie palindromic product:

11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

11 + 1.1 = 11 x 1.1 (yawn)

Here’s a good one: “Eleven plus two” and “twelve plus one” are anagrams of each other.

Easy trick for multiplying by 11: with 2-digit numbers add the two digits and place the sum in between!
25 x 11 = 275
31 x 11 = 341
57 x 11 = 627 [of course you still have to carry]

World War 1 ended on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour.

Apparently, we live in eleven dimensions

I’m sure there are more, but I haven’t had my Elevenses yet and it’s already 11:11.