8 October: 281

On the 281st day of the year, 10 things you didn't know about the number 281:

1. The year 281 was a common year starting on Saturday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Tiberianus. In this year, the Christian saint Aquilina was born.
2. There are 281 distinct ways to dissect a square into seven rectangles of equal area.
3. The telephone code 281 covers Houston, Texas, and its environs.
4. RKO 281 is a 1999 American film directed by Benjamin Ross and starring Liev Schreiber, Melanie Griffith and John Malkovich. It's about the production of the 1941 film Citizen Kane. The original production number of Citizen Kane was RKO 281.
5. 281 Lucretia is an asteroid belonging to the Flora family in the Main Belt. It was discovered by Johann Palisa in 1888. It is named for the middle name of Caroline Herschel, one of the first female astronomers.
6. In food labelling, E281 is Sodium propanoate, the sodium salt of propionic acid, which has the chemical formula Na(C2H5COO). It is used as a food preservative, primarily as a mould inhibitor in bakery products.
7. The Peterbilt 281/351 is a line of tractor units built by Peterbilt from 1954 until 1976.
8. The Roman numeral for 281 is CCLXXXI and in Binary it's 100011001.
9. In London, the 281 Bus runs between Hounslow Bus Station and Tolworth Tower.
10. In numerology, 281 resonates with belonging and companionship, generally as part of a deliberately organised group. It resonates with virtually all types of person-to-person relationships. People affected by the number will be those who are concerned about the well-being of others and assume the role of caretaker in a group.

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