1,338

“	All you have to know for the test is that you can survive 1,338 days without eating and that you like tennis balls!	”
	— Leafy to Bubble, "Hurtful!"

1338 (one thousand, three hundred [and] thirty-eight) is a recurring number in the BFDI series. It refers to the number of days one can go without eating, according to Leafy in "Hurtful!".

Appearances[]

"Hurtful!": According to Leafy, one can go 1,338 days without eating. This value is about 3.67 years, and is not true in real life.
"Taste the Sweetness": Tennis Ball tries 01338 as the second passcode guess for the vault.
"Well, Look Who It Is!": According to Firey, the French bakery was abandoned in the year 1338, making the bread over 600 years old.
"Return of the Rocket Ship": According to Tennis Ball, the coordinates of X's hidden treasure are 133, -82, -7.63. (The second half, 2,763, refers to the number of miles between the Plains and Yoyleland.)
"BFB 31": The number on Lollipop's credit card is 2763-817-1338.

Mathematical properties[]

The prime factorization of 1338 is 2 × 3 × 223.
The binary expansion of 1338 is 10100111010.
The duodecimal/dozenal (base 12) expansion of 1338 is 936.
The hexadecimal expansion of 1338 is 53A.
1338 is a number m such that the Bernoulli number B_m has a denominator of 42.^[1]
In chemistry, 1338 is a magic number: "atoms with full shells containing any of these numbers of electrons are considered electronically stable".^[2]
1338 is a number m such that there are precisely six groups of order m.^[3]

Trivia[]

On August 31, 2013, BFDI was released 1,338 days ago.
On February 27, 2016, BFDIA was released 1,338 days ago.
On May 1, 2020, IDFB was released 1,338 days ago.
On July 3, 2021, BFB was released 1,338 days ago.
On September 9, 2024, TPOT was released 1,338 days ago.
This number is 1 above 1337, or LEET.
According to Leafy, one can go 1,338 days without eating. This value is about 3.67 years. However, this is not true. In real life, one can only go 3 weeks without eating.
TOI-1338 b is a gas giant planet that orbits a pair of binary stars.

References[]

See also[]

2,763

Running gags (category)

1,338 • 2,763 • Acronyms and initialisms • Announcer Crusher • Arm fluttering • Aw, seriously? • Battle for Nothing • Blocky's Funny Doings International • Box of Paper Slips • Bracelety's signs • Bubble Transformer • Budget cuts • Calling a new host • Chain reactions resulting in death • Character OMGs • Character WTXs • Chasing Tennis Ball • Check-it Eyebrows • Commercials • Cyanide • Dab • Death loops • Detectors • Dodging patterns • Dora's Speech • Eight • Elimination Prevention Plans • Fake intros • Fanny's hatred • Fork • Fork Repellent • Four's song • Fries • Gasping • Get Digging • GO Guys • Grupheetie • GRRRRRR, THAT'S IT!!!!!! • Gumdrops • Host substitute • How to be Dumb • Ice Chunk • Ice Cube's ugly face • Ice Cube's vengeance • Lightning's zaps • Maroon ball • Mouth twitching • Mushroom cloud • Mutilated body piles • Needle's act of sacrifice • Needle's slaps • Non-Slip Shoes So Ha • NOOOO! • Organ denial • Recommended Characters • Recycled sound effects and dialogue • Rocky's vomit • Screechy • Squishing Algebraliens • Starburst Watercolor • Teardrop family reunions • There isn't enough room up here • TPOT elimination face • Vomit as food • Woody's gibberish • World-ending events • Yoylecake • Zappies

[1] Sequence A051228 in the OEIS

[2] Sequence A018227 in the OEIS

[3] Sequence A135850 in the OEIS

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