Today is the 216th day of the year. Here are 10 fun facts about the number 216.
Area code 216 is the telephone area code for the city of Cleveland and most of its inner-ring suburbs in the U.S. state of Ohio.
The year 216 was a leap year starting on Monday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Anullinus. In this year, the Baths of Caracalla in Rome were completed with public baths, reading rooms, auditoriums, running tracks, and public gardens covering 20 acres.
216 Kleopatra is a large Asteroid noted for its elongate bone or dumbbell shape. It was discovered in 1880 by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in what is now Pula, Croatia, and was named after Cleopatra VII, the famous Egyptian Queen. Two small minor-planet moons were discovered in 2008 and named Alexhelios and Cleoselene.
Plato’s number is a vaguely described number in the philosopher’s work Republic. The text is notoriously difficult to understand so nobody can say for sure which number Plato is talking about, but one of the most common interpretations is that it’s 216.
London Bus number 216 runs between Staines Bus Station and Cromwell Road Bus Station.
The Hunter 216 is an American trailerable sailboat designed by Glenn Henderson as a daysailer and cruiser, first built in 2003.
216 is song by the British based band Meet Me at Midnight.
In the film Pi, Max becomes obsessed with a 216-digit number in his quest to find the numeric equation behind existence, and is told by a group of Hasidic Jews that it represents the true name of God.
The A216 is a road in England which connects Streatham and Mitcham.
In numerology the energy of this number resonates with teamwork, exploration, family, compassion and nurturing. A person with this energy is likely to make life decisions based on what is best for the well-being of mankind, and will value a harmonious home life.
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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