Today is day 54 of 2025. 10 fun facts about the number 54:
There are 54 countries in Africa.
It’s the atomic number of Xenon, a chemical element with the symbol Xe. It is a dense, colourless, odourless noble gas found in Earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
54 is a 1998 American drama film about Studio 54, a New York City nightclub which was open from 1977 until 1981. The film stars Ryan Phillippe, Mike Myers, and Salma Hayek.
54 Alexandra is a carbonaceous Asteroid from the intermediate asteroid belt, discovered by German-French astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt on 10 September 1858, and named after the German explorer Alexander von Humboldt; it was the first asteroid to be named after a male being.
If jokers are included, there are 54 Playing cards in a deck.
A score of 54 on a par 72 course in Golf is referred to as a perfect round. This score has never been achieved in competition.
+54 is the code for international direct dial phone calls to Argentina.
54 is a novel by Wu Ming first published in Italian in 2002. The novel is set in Italy, former Yugoslavia, Britain and the USA during the year 1954.
In London, the number 54 Bus runs between Woolwich and Elmers End Interchange.
In numerology, 54 tends to follow whim. It has an urge to be adventurous, yet is pragmatic and tries to focus and be reliable. 54 is focused on making life better for people. It has little, if any, judgement of lifestyles, and is generous, creative, tolerant, and compassionate.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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