On day 250 of 2025, 10 fun facts about the number 250:
A 250th anniversary is called a Semiquincentennial.
250 is a South Korean electronic musician whose real name is Lee Ho-hyeong. He has released two albums: One Night Stand (2014) and Ppong (2022).
London bus route 250 runs between Brixton Police Station and West Croydon Bus Station.
+250 is the international dialling code for Rwanda.
It’s also an area code in North America which covers parts of British Columbia and Alaska.
The year 250 was a common year starting on a Tuesday. It was known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Gratus. In this year, the Goths crossed the Danube and lay siege to Novae and Marcianopolis, and Diophantus wrote Arithmetica, the first systematic treatise on algebra.
The Ferrari 250 is a series of sports cars and grand tourers built by Ferrari from 1952 to 1964.
In Chinese slang, the number 250 means 'idiot'.
250 Bettina is a large main belt asteroid discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in 1885, in Vienna. It was named in honour of Baroness Bettina von Rothschild.
The A250 road is a minor British A-road on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The route runs from Sheerness to Queenborough.
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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