11 May: 131

Today is the 131^st day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 131:

1. 131 Vala is an inner main-belt Asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on 24 May 1873, and named after Völva, a prophetess in Norse mythology.
2. Iodine-131 is a radioisotope of iodine discovered by Glenn Seaborg and John Livingood in 1938 at the University of California, Berkeley. It has a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days. It is associated with nuclear energy, medical diagnostic and treatment procedures, and natural gas production.
3. 131 is the medical emergency telephone number in Chile. It’s also the local area code used to dial to Edinburgh, Scotland.
4. The statue of Genghis Khan near Ulan Bator, Mongolia, is 131 feet tall.
5. In Back to the Future Part III, a train plunges off the edge of a ravine. It is Locomotive number 131.
6. 131 is the fourth studio album by American rock band Emarosa. The album was released on July 8, 2016.
7. 131 families of Coleoptera (beetles) have been described in North America.
8. In London, the bus route 131 runs between Kingston and Tooting Broadway.
9. On Blizzard World in the World of Warcraft section there is a wooden door with the number 131 on it.
10. The A131 road is a road in Essex, England. It runs from the A130 road (near Little Waltham) to the A134 road at Sudbury.

Character birthday

Leadslinger, sharpshooter with Combat Team Delta. Leadslinger was born into an established New York gangster family, the Pozzis. He escaped to London to escape arrest after a game of cards escalated into a shoot-out when a member of a rival family, the Fortellis (Lucky Fortelli), was accused of cheating. Once in London, he applied to join a combat team as a sharp-shooter.