26 August: 238

On the 238th day of the year, here are 10 facts about the number 238:

1. +238 is the telephone dialling code for Cape Verde.
2. The London bus route 238 runs between Stratford Bus Station and Barking Station.
3. The year 238 was a common year starting on Monday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Pius and Pontianus. The Battle of Carthage took place in this year.
4. The A238 mine is a large open pit mine located in the western part of Mauritania. It's one of the largest Uranium reserves in Mauritania. Uranium-238 (238U or U-238) is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature.
5. Plutonium-238 is a radioactive isotope of Plutonium that has a half-life of 87.7 years.
6. 238 Hypatia is a large main-belt asteroid discovered by Viktor Knorre in 1884, the third of the four asteroids he discovered. It was named after the philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria.
7. The A238 road runs between Kingston upon Thames and Colliers Wood.
8. The BV 238 is a German bomber, the largest aircraft produced during World War II by an Axis power, weighing in at 110 tons (220,000 lb or 99,790 kg) Although it was slow-moving and even slower manoeuvring it made up for that with gunner positions in the nose, dorsal turret, tail and one rear-facing turret mid-wing on each wing, so getting close to it was a very dangerous manoeuvre.
9. The Roman numeral for 238 is CCXXXVIII and in Binary it's 11101110.
10. In numerology the energy of the number 238 is one of getting things done. It's businesslike and pragmatic. It's persistent, methodical and will co-operate with others to achieve the goal. 238 is mindful of any agreements it enters into.

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