Five: A Life

Q: Please, i'm doing a math project due tomorrow, and I just wanted someone to tell me the history of the numbe5
A: Dude, you're doing a project on the history of the number 5? Like, its individual history? Independent of all the other numbers?? At last! The private life of 5 has been overlooked for too long! It's always just mentioned as one of an infinite number of numbers... sorted among them in ascending order, like sheep... when really 5 is a beautiful and unique snowflake. Did you know that 5 was one of the original Fab Four?
But I better start from the beginning. Before 5 was born, cats only had 8 lives. Their standard of living improved considerably since then. As a child, 5 was a little odd. For most of its adolescence it was high. In its prime it worked for the Pentagon, and its integrity was undeniable. Of course it fell in love with a pretty little number and they went forth and multiplied.
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