Wednesday, 26 November 2025

27 November: 331

Today is day 331 of the year. 10 fun facts about that number:

  1. 331 Etheridgea is a large main belt Asteroid discovered by Auguste Charlois in 1892 in Nice. The meaning of the name is unknown, but may have been for the geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge (1819–1903).

  2. Sound travels just over 331 meters per second in dry (0% humidity) air at zero degrees Celsius.

  3. London bus route 331 runs between Uxbridge Station and Ruislip Station.

  4. The United States conducted 331 atmospheric nuclear bomb tests before the test ban treaty of 1962.

  5. The year 331 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Bassus and Ablabius. In this year, the emperor Constantine was vigourously promoting Christianity, confiscating the property and valuables of pagan temples throughout the Roman Empire; passing laws against divorce and commissioning Bibles. he also dedicated the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.

  6. In 331BC Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in Egypt. A lunar eclipse that summer was taken as a good omen for his warmongering later in the year.

  7. The normal mass of a human adult male Heart is about 331 grams.

  8. In Squid Game, Player 331 is portrayed by Hwang Yu-hyun. He gets stabbed to death with a pitchfork by Nam-Gyu.

  9. The 331 area code covers the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago in Illinois. It includes the cities of Aurora, Elgin, and Naperville.

  10. The Roman numeral for 331 is CCCXXXI.



Christmas is coming! 

A Very Variant Christmas

Last year, Jade and Gloria were embroiled in a bitter conflict to win back their throne and their ancestral home. This year, Queen Jade and Princess Gloria want to host the biggest and best Christmas party ever in their palace. They invite all their friends to come and bring guests. Not even the birth of Jade's heir just before Christmas will stop them.

The guest list includes most of Britain's complement of super-powered crime-fighters, their families and friends. What could possibly go wrong?

Gatecrashers, unexpected arrivals, exploding Christmas crackers and a kidnapping, for starters.

Far away in space, the Constellations, a cosmic peacekeeping force, have suffered a tragic loss. They need to recruit a new member to replace their dead colleague. The two top candidates are both at Jade and Gloria's party. The arrival of the recruitment delegation on Christmas Eve is a surprise for everyone; but their visit means one guest now faces a life-changing decision.

Meanwhile, an alliance of the enemies of various guests at the party has infiltrated the palace; they hide in the dungeon, plotting how best to get rid of the crime-fighters and the royal family once and for all. Problem is, they all have their own agendas and differences of opinion on how to achieve their aims.

Not to mention that this year, the ghosts who walk the corridors of the palace on Christmas Eve will be as surprised by the living as the living are by them.

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