3 December: 337

Today is the 337^th day of the year. Here are ten fun facts about the number 337:

1. A Penguin known as No. 337 once scaled a rock wall and escaped from the Tokyo Aquarium.

2. The year 337 was a common year starting on Saturday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Felicianus and Titianus. It was the year that Constantine the Great, first Christian Roman emperor of the Western Empire died and Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeeded him Constantine I as co-emperors.

3. The canvas of the famous painting The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn, weighs 337 kilograms.

4. 337 Devosa is a large Main belt Asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 22 September 1892 in Nice.

5. In the North American Numbering Plan, telephone area code 337 covers southwestern Louisiana.

6. The Mercedes-Benz L 337 is a lorry made by Daimler-Benz, sold under the Mercedes-Benz brand. Introduced in March 1959.

7. The Missa solemnis in C major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K. 337, was written in 1780 for Salzburg. It was Mozart's last complete mass.

8. The A337 road is a road in southern England that runs from the M27 motorway in Hampshire to Christchurch in Dorset.

9. London bus route 337 runs from Northcote Road Clapham to Richmond Bus Station.

10. The InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland hotel has 337 rooms and suites.

Character birthday

Traffic Lights, aka Vanessa Iles. Vanessa worked alongside Greg London at a rocket research facility but lost her job when the department's funding was cut. After losing her job, she ended up sleeping rough, but Greg found her begging on the street and took her in. They became lovers and partners and later joined the Gunpowder Lot to try to overthrow the government which they believed had made them suffer.