30 April: 120

Today is the 120th day of the year. 10 things you might not know about the number 120:

1. In Germanic languages, the number 120 was once known as "one hundred". This is now obsolete, but 120 is described as the long hundred or great hundred in some historical contexts.
2. It’s the atomic number of Unbinilium, a hypothetical chemical element.
3. The Israeli national legislature, the Knesset, has 120 seats.
4. It’s the height (in inches) of a regulation hoop in the National Basketball Association.
5. Moses died at the age of 120.
6. In Astrology, when two planets in a person's chart are 120 degrees apart, it’s called a trine. This is supposed to bring good luck to the person's life.
7. It’s the number to call for medical assistance in China, and to report a car breakdown on the highway in Austria.
8. The A120 road in England connects Puckeridge and Harwich.
9. In London the 120 bus runs between Hounslow Bus Station and Northolt Station.
10. 120 is a 2008 Turkish war film based on the true story of 120 children who died in 1915 carrying ammunition for the Battle of Sarikamish against the Russians during World War I.

Character birthday

Sandstorm, aka Kyle Saunders. Being pulled through a wormhole from Infinitus to Earth gave him a life altering power in that he became an animated, intelligent pile of sand. With practice, he learned to maintain a human shape, except when there is an advantage to doing otherwise (such as flowing through a small gap).