On April 8, 1974, Henry (Hank) Aaron hit his 715th major league home run, surpassing the previous mark of 714 career home runs long held by baseball great Babe Ruth. Understandably, the event received considerable coverage in newspapers and magazines and on television.
However, those reports invariably overlooked the mathematical aspects of the achievement, particularly the curious properties of the two numbers 714 and 715.
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