On the 310th day of the year, 10 facts about the number 310:
310 Margarita is a typical Main belt Asteroid discovered by the French astronomer Auguste Charlois in 1891 in Nice. The intended meaning of the asteroid's name is unknown.
London Bus route 310 runs from Stamford Hill Broadway to Golders Green Station.
In 2014, an American experimental/avant-garde group called Bull of Heaven released a studio album called 310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k), which, according to Wikipedia is their longest release, lasting for 3.343 quindecillion years.
The British Rail Class 310 was a slam-door, alternating current (AC) electric multiple-unit passenger train (EMU) introduced in 1965 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification project.
The Airbus A310 is a wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie GIE, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers.
The A310 road in England runs from the Hampton Wick junction with the A308 at Kingston Bridge northwards via Teddington, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and Isleworth to the junction with the A315 at Brentford.
Area code 310 is a telephone area code for the U.S. state of California. The numbering plan area includes the West Los Angeles and South Bay areas of Los Angeles County.
The year 310 was a common year starting on Sunday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Andronicus and Probus. In this year, Constantine ordered the minting of a new Coin, the solidus, in an effort to offset the declining value of the denarius.
The Roman numeral for 310 is CCCX.
In Binary, it’s 100110110.
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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