On day 313 of the year, 10 fun facts about 313:
The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm colour motion picture shot by Abraham Zapruder as President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. It unexpectedly captured the President's Assassination at Frame 313 of the film.
The licence plate of Donald Duck’s car which first appeared in 1934 Belchfire Runabout, and was build by Donald from spare parts, has the licence plate 313.
If 313 people are chosen at random, then the probability that at least five of them will share the same birthday is greater than 50%.
313 is the telephone dialling code for Detroit.
In the King James Bible, the word pray appears 313 times, and there are 313 exclamation marks.
In Islam, 313 is the number of soldiers that Muhammad had with him in the first battle fought (and won) by the Muslims, the Battle of Badr.
313 is the fourth album released by composer Phideaux Xavier. It is so called because he and his musicians had the idea that they could create an album from scratch in just one day and they met up on March 13, 2004 to give it a go. They didn’t quite manage it, though, and shelved the recordings to be polished up later.
There are 313 even digits in the first 313 prime numbers.
313 Chaldaea is a large Main belt asteroid discovered by Johann Palisa in 1891 in Vienna. It was named in honor of the Chaldeans, considered to be the founders of Astrology.
Measurements with the Hipparcos satellite have established the white-hued supergiant star Canopus is about 313 light-years away.
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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