Why was 6 afraid of 7?? Because 7, 8, 9.

Here's why today is significant:

1) today is the start of the Olympics in Beijing, China (Go USA)

2) On that note the number 8 is considered to be lucky in Chinese Culture, because it sounds like the word "prosper" or "wealth", hopefully the number 8 will be lucky for Team USA. Especially for Michael Phelps who is trying to win 8 gold medals in swimming during these olympic games to beat the record for most gold medals won in the swimming events, the current record being 7.

3)There are 8 nights of Hanukkah.

4)Magic 8 Balls are awesome.

5)The numeral 8 is sometimes used in writing to represent the syllable "ate", so with out this we would have never had the pleasure of hearing Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi".

6)Noam, Micha's brother, was 8 lbs 8 ounces when he was born.

7)On most phones the 8 represents the letters T, U and V but on the BlackBerry it is the key for B, N and X.

8)We have 8 funny t-shirts per every two rows on the website.

The number 8 really is the life of the party.