14 October: 287

Today is the 287th day of the year. 10 things you possibly didn't know about the number 287:

1. London bus route 287 runs between Barking Station and Abbey Wood Lane.
2. 287 Nephthys is a large Main belt asteroid discovered by C. H. F. Peters in 1889, and named after the Egyptian deity Nephthys, who is associated with mourning, darkness, night, temple servants, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming, and beer.
3. 287 Broadway is a historic building on the corner of Broadway at Reade Street in Tribeca, New York City. Designed by John B. Snook in mixed Italianate and French Second Empire style, completed in 1872. It's also leaning. Approximately 0.66 feet (0.20 m) by 2008.
4. In Roman numerals, 287 is written CCLXXXVII and in binary it's 100011111.
5. The year 287 was a common year starting on Saturday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Valerius. In this year the saints Sebastian, Maurice, Victoricus, Fuscian, and Gentian were martyred.
6. The A287 road runs between Hook, Hampshire  and Haslemere, Surrey.
7. The sum of its digits is 17, and its divisors are 1, 7, 41, and 287.
8. The Junkers Ju 287 was a plane built by Nazi Germany. It was mostly built from components scavenged from other aircraft and had an unusual forward-swept wing and fixed landing gear.
9. The 287 series is a DC electric multiple unit train operated by the West Japan Railway Company.
10. The number 287 relates to money and work, and its message is that one should be proud of putting one's heart and soul into one's work, or any other aspect of life, for that matter. Continue to do so and the rewards will come.

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