Today is the 48th day of the year. 10 things you might not know about the number 48:
- 48 is the atomic number of cadmium (Cd), a soft, silvery-white metal.
- In popular music, "48 Crash" is a song by Suzi Quatro.
- In classical music, Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is known as The Forty-Eight because it consists of a prelude and a fugue in each major and minor key, a total of forty-eight pieces.
- +48 is the code for international direct dial phone calls to Poland.
- In the US, the states located together in mainland USA are known as the "Lower 48" or the "48 contiguous states", excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
- The A48 is a trunk road in Great Britain running from the A40 at Highnam, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Gloucester, England, to the A40 at Carmarthen, Wales. Before the Severn Bridge opened, it was a major route between England and South Wales. For most of its route, it runs almost parallel to the M4 motorway. There’s also an M48, a 13-mile (21 km) long motorway, which crosses the Severn near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, linking England and Wales via the Severn Bridge.
- '48 is a 1996 novel by James Herbert. The book follows an American pilot stranded in a dystopian London after Adolph Hitler, moments before being completely defeated, uses a biological weapon delivered by V-2 missiles, which mostly wipes out the human race.
- There are 48 symmetries in a cube.
- New Hampshire has 48 Mountain peaks over 4000 feet above sea level.
- In numerology, 48 is an auspicious number in China because it represents prosperity. Perhaps no coincidence then, that generally, people influenced by the number have good business instincts as well as a reputation of being creative and someone who gets things done. The person tends to be reliable, pragmatic, and socially at ease. They find creative methods to do business and acquire material possessions.
Character birthday
Rhiannon Coleman, an author who was part of the group of school friends which also included Fiona Kingston-Parker (Ivory) and Jade and Gloria, the twin princesses of Galorvia. Makes an appearance in A Very Variant Christmas and is mentioned in Fire in Her Blood.
Fire in her Blood
Sent away to school to get her away from undesirable company, Agnes finds herself homesick and lonely. A brief connection with Jason Warner leads to the teenage crush to end all teenage crushes. Jason is barely aware Agnes exists, but she plans her whole future around him.
It is only when they meet again as adults that the connection becomes mutual; but before it can develop, Jason makes a discovery which rocks his entire world. He needs time alone, away from everyone, including Agnes. When Jason is finally ready to go back to his old life, Agnes has moved on and he cannot find her.
Agnes is now a single parent to the remarkable Seraphina. The Power League want to harness Seraphina's powers for evil before the Freedom League become aware of her. Agnes has no idea her new colleague and friend is a supervillain with his own agenda, and his willingness to babysit is not as innocent as she thinks. As Incendio starts teaching Seraphina to use her powers, the Freedom League intervene. Little do they know that they have found one of their own.
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