Elif Shafak. 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world (№ 411996)

She often thought that five was a special number. There are five books in the Torah. Jesus suffered from five fatal wounds. Islam has five pillars of faith. King David killed Goliath with five stones. There are five paths in Buddhism, and on each of them Shiva shows one of his five faces and looks in five different directions. Chinese philosophy revolves around five elements: water, fire, wood, metal, earth. And there are only five tastes recognized all over the world: sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami. Human perception depends on the five basic senses - hearing, sight, touch, smell and taste, let scientists claim there are many more, and call other complex names; initially there are five senses, and they are known to all.