27 June: 178

27 June is the 178th day of the year. Here are 10 things you might not know about the number 178:

1. 178 is written CLXXVIII in Roman numerals.
2. It's 10110010 in Binary.
3. The London Bus 178 runs between Calderwood Street and Lewisham Station.
4. The Heinkel He 178 was the first aircraft to fly under turbojet power which made it the first practical jet aircraft.
5. Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922) was a Supreme Court case in which a Japanese man named Takao Ozawa challenged the fact he'd been turned down for US citizenship on the grounds that he did not fall into the category of "free white persons" or "persons of African nativity or persons of African descent", the only groups allowed to naturalise at the time. He was arguing that Japanese people should be classified as "free white persons." He lost.
6. The A178 road that runs from Hartlepool in County Durham to Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England.
7. The year 178 was a common year starting on Wednesday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Rufus.
8. 178 Belisana is a stony Asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 38 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered in 1877 Johann Palisa and was named after the Celtic goddess Belisama.
9. The divisors of 178 are 1, 2, 89, and 178.
10. In numerology, a person affected by 178 energy will be independent with an aptitude for business whose goals include acquisition of knowledge and wisdom. 178 can be spiritual and also intuitive, with an intuitive approach to solving problems.

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