Today is the 117th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 117.
117 is the name of a 1976 short documentary film shot in the Kosovar village of Nevokaze. It’s about an Albanian family which consists of 117 people who all live together under one roof.
London bus 117 runs between West Middlesex University Hospital and Staines-upon-Thames.
In Italy, 17 is an unlucky number, so 117 is often used as a substitute. For example, the Renault R17 was renamed R117 for the Italian market.
117 Lomia is a large Asteroid discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly in 1871. The reason for the name is uncertain, but it’s possibly a misspelling of Lamia, the female demon of Greek mythology. Asteroid 248 Lameia is also named after her.
A principal character in the Halo video game and TV series is Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, also known simply as "Master Chief". He is a Spartan-II supersoldier of the UNSC Navy's Special Weapons division. The soundtrack to Halo 4 includes a song by Neil Davidge called 117, which is widely regarded as The Master Chief's theme.
The A117 is a road in England which runs from Aldersbrook to The Woolwich Ferry in London.
Psalm 117: “1 Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. 2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.”
117 is the atomic number of Tennessine is a synthetic chemical element with the symbol Ts. It has the second-highest atomic number and joint-highest atomic mass of all known elements and is the penultimate element of the 7th period of the periodic table.
In the Danish language the number 117 (hundredesytten) is often used as a hyperbolic term to represent an arbitrary but large number.
117° is a 1998 album by Izzy Stradlin.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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