Today is day 286 of 2025. 10 fun facts about this number.
The Roman numeral for 286 is CCLXXXVI.
In Binary, it’s 100011110.
286 squared is 81796; the square root of 286 is 16.9115345253.
286 cubed is 23393656; The cube root of 286 is 6.5885322745.
The Crown-Ikarus 286 is a type of transit Bus that was manufactured for the U.S. market from 1980 until 1986.
In London, the 286 bus runs between Queen Mary's Hospital Cancer Unit and Greenwich Town Centre and the Cutty Sark.
The A286 is an A class road in the south of England, from Milford, Surrey, to Birdham, West Sussex. It passes through the market towns of Haslemere and Midhurst, and the cathedral city of Chichester.
The Year 286 was a common year starting on Friday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Aquilinus.
286 Iclea is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in 1889 in Vienna, and named for the heroine of Camille Flammarion's astronomical romance Uranie.
286, formerly Swaythling Methodist Church, is a grade II listed gurdwara in Swaythling, Southampton.
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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