28 August: 240

Today is the 240th day of the year. 10 facts about the number 240:

1. There were 240 pence in a pound in British old Money.
2. The Roman numeral for 240 is CCXL.
3. 240 is written 11110000 in binary.
4. The London bus route 240 runs between Golders Green Station and Edgware Station.
5. The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Piet Hein in 1933 during a lecture on quantum mechanics conducted by Werner Heisenberg. Its name derived from the fictitious drug soma consumed in Aldous Huxley's dystopic novel Brave New World. There are 240 distinct solutions to the Soma cube puzzle.
6. The American sketch comedy group The State have a famous sketch entitled "$240 Worth of Pudding".
7. The year 240 was a leap year starting on a Wednesday known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Venustus.
8. 240 Vanadis is a fairly large main-belt asteroid discovered by A. Borrelly in 1884, and named for Freyja (Vanadis), the Norse fertility goddess.
9. The A240 road starts in Burgh Heath (Reigate and Banstead); and ends in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
10. In numerology the number 240 is all about family and activities done as a family. People affected by the number nurture their family and seek to provide a secure and comfortable home.

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