On the 239th day of the year, ten fun facts about the number 239.
Roger Bannister ’s exact time for his first sub 4 minute mile was 239 seconds.
239 Adrastea is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa in 1884 in Vienna, and was named after the Greek nymph Adrasteia.
Professor Dick Solomon, lead character on the TV show Third Rock from the Sun, teaches his classes in room number 239.
239 is a telephone area code representing part of Florida in the United States.
Pu-239 is a 2006 film directed by Scott Z. Burns, Original title: The Half Life of Timofey Berezin. A worker at a Russian nuclear facility is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
In The Simpsons episode Homer's Night Out, Homer weighs himself at 239 pounds and resolves to exercise.
There are 239 primes less than 1500. 239 is a prime number and is therefore one of them.
The first known observation of Halley's Comet took place in 239 B.C., according to the European Space Agency.
K239 is Mozart's only work for two orchestras.
In numerology the energy of 239 is creative and adventurous. People and organisations influenced by this number will work well in teams, and will prefer to do so, but won’t let the lack of team support stop them from pursuing new experiences.
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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