Today is the 56th day of the year. Here are 10 things you might not know about the number 56:
- 56 is the atomic number of barium.
- Child star Shirley Temple always had exactly 56 curls in her hair. Her mother made sure of this, every day.
- 56 men signed the US Declaration of Independence in 1776.
- The Minor Arcana of a Tarot deck has 56 cards.
- According to Aristotle, there are 56 layers to the universe: Earth itself plus 55 crystalline spheres above it.
- The Pythagoreans associated a polygon of 56 sides with Typhon, a deadly mythical giant Snake.
- It is impossible to construct a polygon of 56 sides using a compass and straight edge alone, but it can be done if an angle trisector is used. The builders of Stonehenge appear to have done it, though, as there are 56 Aubrey holes there, holes thought to have once contained wooden posts.
- Isoroku Yamamoto was Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II. His first name is an old Japanese term meaning 56. He was so called because his father was 56 years old when he was born.
- In the USA there are 56 counties in the state of Montana. There's also a town in Arkansas called Fifty-Six, which, at the 2010 census, had a population of 173.
- In numerology, 56 is a co-operative number which also wants to express its personal freedom. A person with 56 in their numerology profile is likely to belong to a number of social groups reflecting their many and shifting interests. Home and family is also very important to them.
Who's That Girl?
Matt Webster lives in a tower block and attends a failing school. He dreams of being a spy like James Bond. Little does he know that he is being watched by someone who can make him into even more than that – a superhero.
His first solo mission is to attend a ball at the Decembrian Embassy and discover who is planning to steal a priceless diamond. While there, he meets the mysterious Lady Antonia du Cane, and is powerfully drawn to her. It soon becomes clear, however, that Lady du Cane is not what she seems. Matt’s quest to discover who she really is almost costs him his career.
A modern day Guy Fawkes gathers a coterie around him with the aim of blowing up Parliament with a nuclear bomb. To achieve this, they need money. Lots of it. Selling the Heart of Decembria Diamond will provide more than enough. All that stands in their way is the Freedom League – but the League is beset by internal disagreements. Can the heroes put their differences aside in time to save the day?
Prime Minister Richard Miller and his wife Fiona grieve for their daughter, Yasmin, who has been missing for three years, and is presumed to be dead. Viper agent Violet Parker could hold the key to what happened to Yasmin, but Violet is accused of giving away the organisation’s secrets. She is to be executed without trial. Will she take her knowledge of what happened to Yasmin with her to her grave?
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