28 March: 87

Today is the 87^th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 87:

1. Australian cricketers see the number 87 as an unlucky score. It is referred to as "the devil's number", because 87 is 13 runs short of a century.
2. The Gettysburg Address contains the words "Four Score and Seven Years ago…" since it’s the number of years between the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg.
3. 87 is the atomic number of Francium.
4. The Wenger Swiss Army Knife version XXL is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most multi-functional penknife. It has 87 tools.
5. London bus route 87 runs between Wandsworth Plain and Aldwych / Drury Lane.
6. In Lord of the Rings, Aragorn is 87 years old.
7. David Bowie’s 1987 CD Never Let Me Down includes a song called '87 and Cry.
8. William Shakespeare’s sonnet 87 is the one that begins: “Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.”
9. The first Black Hole ever photographed was designated M87.
10. In numerology the person influenced by 87 is focussed on the welfare of their family. If they don’t have a family, they long for one, and if they do they take their family responsibilities very seriously. Family need not mean blood relatives only but can encompass neighbours and colleagues as well. 87 is comfortable interacting with others. In social situations, 87 tends to put itself forward to guide and execute the agenda.

Character Birthday

Fyre, aka Seraphina Greenwood-Warner. She can fly and has fire based powers which manifested when she was just four years old. The Power League, believing she would grow up to become extremely powerful, tasked Incendio with training her and recruiting her by means of befriending her single mother, Agnes. Agnes trusted him enough to babysit while she went out on a date, and he took the child out to teach her to set fire to things. The Freedom League were called to deal with the situation and they took Seraphina under their wing after that. She would in due course enter into a relationship with Hurricane, the brother of her best friend.