March 9 is the 68th day of the year. 10 things you didn't know about the number 68:
- In London, the number 68 Bus runs from St Julian's Farm Road to Euston Bus Station. The route's most famous passengers were the Harry Houghton and Ethel Gee were trailed by a Special Branch agent when they travelled on the 68 bus between Waterloo Road and Walworth Road.
- 68 is the atomic number of erbium, a chemical element with the symbol Er, a silvery-white metal. Natural erbium is always found in chemical combination with other elements. It is a lanthanide, a rare earth element, originally found in the gadolinite mine in Ytterby in Sweden, from which it got its name.
- In the UK, the A68 is a road connecting Darlington in England and Dalkeith in Scotland.
- In the USA, Interstate 68 is a road connecting I-79 in Morgantown, West Virginia, to I-70 in Hancock, Maryland.
- '68 is the name of an American punk band which comprises guitarist and vocalist Josh Scogin and drummer Nikko Yamada.
- '68 is a comic book about a zombie apocalypse set in 1968 during the Vietnam war.
- The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament has involved 68 teams since 2011.
- 68 in urban slang means oral sex, where one party refuses to reciprocate ("You do me and I'll owe you one" - so it's one short of the "full monty" of 69).
- In the restaurant industry, 68 is sometimes used as a code meaning "put back on the menu", being the opposite of 86 which means "remove from the menu".
- In numerology 68 represents a person with wide interests who is dynamic and adventurous, always wanting to try new things, but who also has a strong desire to nurture a family and create a harmonious home. Seeing the number 68 repeatedly means your hard work will soon pay off financially as your independent thinking and ideas will become trendy.
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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