What exactly is a palindrome? It’s basically a word or phrase that can be read the same forward or backward. That is the case with today’s date: January 2, 2010 (01/02/2010) — and the Fossil Palindrome watch above. Continue reading to watch Weird Al Yankovic’s 2006 hit “Bob”, which was done completely in palindromes.

January 2, 2010 is a palindrome, at least in countries that write the date in the mm/dd/yyyy form. A native of Istanbul, Inan creates math puzzles in his spare time. So it was a big day when he looked closely at his own name and saw a pattern.

[via NeatoramaCheezburger]

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