What is your experience with the number 23?

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In the upcoming thriller The Number 23, Jim Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, a man whose obsession with the number 23 leads him to uncover historical events related to "23". For example, 9/11/2001 adds up to 23. Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994 (1+9+9+4=23) and was born in 1967 (1+9+6+7=23). The first Morse Code transmission - "What hath God wrought?" - was from the Bible passage Numbers 23:23. The Salt March, initiated by Mohandas Gandhi to protest the salt tax, lasted 23 days. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. Actor River Phoenix, was born on August 23, 1970. He died at the age of 23, on Halloween 1993. Julius Caesar is alleged to have been stabbed twenty-three times when he was assassinated. The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper (The Day the Music Died) occurred on February 3 (2/3), 1959. Coincidence? The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey is in theatres February 23.