97 Day

TODAY IS 9/7, 97 DAY!!!

9 Tens, 7 Ones

I constantly make reference to the number 97, as my favorite number. 

My Scratch account is named 97Scratch. Many of my other early usernames were stylized 97[Website], including:

• 97Gamer (GameJolt)
• 97OldGrounder (Newgrounds)
• 97Decord (Discord)
• 97TheAnimator (YouTube)
• Revieweing97Shows (Qualitipedia, ugh)

Around 2022 or 2023 is when I slowly began my rebrand to use a single username for my websites, and I eventually came up with the classic all-lowercase long name ninesevenpotatoes. The "potatoes" part came from the fact I used the phrase "because potatoes" from Mr. Enter. 

Why 97?

97 is an oddly specific two-digit number. Most people probably have rounded or simple numbers as their favorites, such as 8, 10, 0, or whatever. So, why is my favorite number 97? Well, the origin of me using 97 is actually relatively simple:

Whenever I used the old Windows computer (which is sadly broken, R.I.P), the password contained the number 97 between 91 and 99. And for some reason the odd number combination in between two other extremes stuck out to me. This is probably why I used it for my Scratch username...after, y'know, my first first account.

I'm actually kinda shocked 97Scratch was even available, because it's such a basic username. There was a 96Scratch and a 98Scratch before me, and they joined over a DECADE before me! I guess that truly shows 97 was one of a kind.

So anyway, that's pretty much it for my oddly convoluted history with the number 97. Now it's time for my favorite part:

97 Facts About The Number 97

Many of these facts will range from extremely obvious to obscure trivia. Also, I wrote many parts out of order, which is why some will feel random. 

1. 97 is my favorite number.
2. 97 has 9 tens and 7 ones.
3. You could also make 97 with 4 twenties, 1 ten, and 7 ones.
4. Don't forget, 97 is 6 fifteens and 7 ones.
5. Lastly, 97 is composed up of 1 ninety-six and a single one.
6. Ninety-seven has eleven letters.
7. 97 is a prime number.
8. 97 is the only prime number in the 90s, making it the largest prime number less than 100.
9. 97 is the 25th prime number.
10. 97 is my nickname. This is relevant, because:
11. I asked my friends to give me "97 Facts". One thought they meant facts about me.
12. 97 is 3 numbers away from 100.
13. 97 rounds to 100 when you round to tens or hundreds.
14. Likewise, 0.97 rounds to 1 when you round to tenths or hundredths.
15. 97 is an odd number.
16. As of writing, this project was my 97th latest project on Scratch.
17. This is my 97th project on Scratch (at least considering ones I've deleted or never uploaded.)
18. I have a friend named 67Scratch, which is a clear parody of my username, 97Scratch.
19. Speaking of which, 97 - 67 = 30.
20. If you flip the 9 in 97, you'll get 67.
21. If you flip 97 entirely, you'll get L6. I don't know if that means anything.
22. The 97th character on this blog post is the letter E.
23. The 97th word or number on this blog post is 97. (What a coincidence.)
24. In 2 years and 11 months from this post, my Scratch account will be 9 years, 7 months old.
25. 97 is the first happy prime number.
26. 10-97 is police code for "arrived on the scene".
27. This was the 97th project I found when I searched "97" on Scratch.
28. 97 is the smallest prime number that is not a cluster prime.
29. 97 is an isolated prime between 95 and 99.
30. 97 in Greek is ϞΖ.
31. 15 × 9 − 75 + 20 − 6 + 51 − 6 + 1 − 75 × -2 − 85 − 24 − 60 − 4 = 97. 
32. I used to pronouce "97Scratch" as "nine-seven-scratch", not "ninety-seven-scratch".
33. I was 97 months old on June 15, 2018.
34. I was 97 days old on August 21st.
35. September 7th 1997 was the last ultimate 97 day.
36. September 7th 2097 will be the next ultimate 97 day.
37. Other ultimate 97 days: 1097, 1197, 1297, 1397, 1497, 1597, 1697, 1797, and 1897.
38. 97 years ago, it was September 7th, 1928.
39. 97 is a Proth prime.
40. In 9 years, 7 months, 9 weeks, and 7 days from now, I will be 25 years old.
41. 1997 was the 3rd to last year in the 1990s.
42. In 2 years, it'll be 20 years since the last ultimate 97 day.
43. I got this when I counted around 97 images on Google when searching "number 97".
44. On a hundreds chart, if you highlight 97 and the digits that make it, you have a right triangle.
45. 97% is an A+.
46. This is number 97 Yu-Gi-Oh. I don't know what this is.
47. 77 posts from now will be 97th blog post.
48. 97% of 97 is 94.09
49. The 97th day of the year is April 7th.
50. The 97th day of a leap year is April 8th.
51. 97 as a Pierpont prime as it is 3 × 2^5 + 1
52. It would take about 97 seconds to recite 97 97 times.
53. 9/7 is 1 2/7.
54. 9-7=2, and 97+2=99...and 97-7=90, and 90+9=99. I'm intentionally disorienting you.
55. 97 in Spanish is noventa y siente.
56. There are only two 2-digit numbers greater than 97.
57. It is impossible to drive at 97 MPH.
58. If you COULD drive 97 MPH, you'd quickly die in a bloody car crash.
59. Every three-digit number and beyond is greater than 97.
60. Klotho is asteroid 97.
61. 9797 is (97 x 1000 + 97) is an angel number.
62. My 97th subscriber was "The Cartoon Master".
63. The binary code 97 is 1100001.
64. As of writing this, I have 64 facts, which is 97 - 33.
65. 97 - 81 is 16. (81 is a reference to another one of my friends)
66. 97 minutes have passed in a day when it's 1:37 A.M.
67. X-Men '97 exists. That's all.
68. It's 97 minutes passed noon when it's 1:37 P.M.
69. There are 97 minutes left in a day when it's 10:23 P.M.
70. 97 hours is exactly 4 days...and an extra hour.
71. 97 feet is 31 yards...and an extra foot.
72. If someone was 8 feet and one inch tall, they would be 97 inches tall.
73. Eminem has a song called "97 Bonnie & Clyde".
74. When you keep repeating the alphabet, the 97th letter will be the letter S.
75. On the first day of 1997, the Emergency Alert System was introduced in the USA.
76. September 7th is 97 day.
77. July 9th is 97 day in places where they write the day before the month.
78. I was 9 years and 7 months old when 2020 began.
79. When I turn 16, my age will be the sum of 9 and 7.
80. When I turn 63, my age will be the product of 9 and 7
81. On September 26th, there will be 97 days left in the year.
82. On September 27th, in leap years, there will be 97 days left in the year.
83. If I were to live to 97, it would be 2107.
84. If I were to live to 2097, I would be 87.
85. 97 rhymes with 911.
86. Lists of 97 are actually quite uncommon. Especially when written.
87. 97 has 4 syllables.
88. 97 is an emrip prime, as when reversed it is 79.
89. 97 - 79 = 21, subtracting it from it's enrip.
90. 97's decimal unit code represents Latin lowecase 'a'.
91. 97 squared is 9409.
92. 97 multiplied 97 times is approximately 5.21 * 10^192.
93. As a roman numeral, 97 is XCVII.
94. If your IQ was 97, you would have below average intelligence.
95. If a 97 year old was 9'7 and weighed 97 pounds, they would be severely underweight.
96. On the contrast, if that 97 year old was 970 pounds, they'd be obese Class III.
97. THE NUMBER 97 IS EPIC!!!

And voila, gentleman, ladies, and everyone in-between. There's 97 random facts about 97. You will have a standardized test on this tommorow. Study this thoroughly.

Thanks for reading!

- ninesevenpotatoes, 97 Day, 2025