Wednesday, 3 December 2025

4 December: 338

Today is day 338 of 2025. 10 fun facts about the number 338.

  1. London bus route 338 runs from Stratford City Bus Station to London Bridge Bus Station.

  2. The sum of its digits is 14.

  3. 338 Budrosa is a large Main belt Asteroid discovered by Auguste Charlois in 1892 in Nice.

  4. Lapua .388 is a cartridge used by snipers. It can penetrate body armour at a range of 1,000m.

  5. The A338 is a major road in southern England, which runs from the junction with the A35 at Poole in Dorset to the junction with the A420 at Besselsleigh in Oxfordshire, a distance of 84 miles (135 km). The A338 figures in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The point where the road crests the downs before beginning the steep drop into Wantage ('Alfredston') is the spot where young Jude stands one evening and looks out for the first time on Oxford ('Christminster').

  6. The year 338 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ursus and Polemius.

  7. 338Canada is an independently owned media website about politics, polling and electoral projections. It was created and is managed by Philippe J. Fournier, who teaches physics and astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent, a post-secondary institution in Montreal.

  8. The Roman numeral for 338 is CCCXXXVIII.

  9. Its divisors are 121326, 169, 338.

  10. Studio 338 is an electronic music club in London, ranked #19 in the world by DJ Mag.


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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