27 October: 300

On the 300th day of the year, 10 facts about the number 300:

1. In Biblical history and mythology, 300 often seems to be the number of an army which defeats another, much bigger army. In Islamic tradition, 300 is the number of Israeli king Thalut's soldiers who defeated Goliath's soldiers; In the Bible, 300 was the size of the Israelite judge Gideon's army against the Midianites; In Islamic history, 300 was the number of Muhammad's followers victorious in the Battle of Badr. According to Herodotus, 300 was the number of ancient Spartans resisting a million Persian invaders in the Battle of Thermopylae.
2. The latter was the inspiration for a comic book and a film, both called 300. The comic book was published in 1998 and was by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. The film came out in 2007 and was was co-written and directed by Zack Snyder.
3. In bowling, 300 is a perfect score, achieved by rolling strikes in all ten frames (a total of twelve strikes).
4. There are 300 seats in the Hellenic parliament in Athens, Greece.
5. The Airbus A300 is a wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Airbus.
6. The year 300 was a leap year starting on a Monday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Valerius. In this year, Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia, was built, and the Kama Sutra, the Indian handbook on the art of sexual love, was produced by the sage Vatsyayana.
7. 300 Geraldina is a large Main belt asteroid discovered by Auguste Charlois in 1890.
8. The Committee of 300, also known as The Olympians, is a conspiracy theory which claims a powerful group was founded by the British aristocracy in 1727 and rules the world to this day. Politics, commerce, banking, media, and the military are all controlled by this group according to the theory.
9. The A300 is a road in London also known as Upper Thames Street, City of London, and Newington Causeway, near Elephant & Castle.
10. The angel number 300 is often a calling to begin using or developing your spiritual gifts and abilities to help yourself and others. It can also signify beginnings and endings of phases in your life or relationships.

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