15 October: 288

15 October is the 288^th day of a non-leap year. 10 fun facts about the number 288.

1. The number 288 is often avoided, because it’s two gross.

2. 288 Glauke is an asteroid discovered in 1890, by Robert Luther at Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory in Germany. It is named after Creusa (known as Glauce or Glauke), a daughter of Creon, a king of Corinth in Greek mythology.

3. In early 20th-century molecular biology, some mysticism surrounded the use of 288 to count protein structures.

4. Stournara 288 is a 1959 Greek film about the residents of a block of flats in 288 Stournara street. The doorkeeper watches every little thing that happens in the building and knows every resident's secrets.

5. The A288 is a road in Hampshire which connects Southsea and Portsmouth.

6. The Ferrari 288 GTO) is an exotic homologation version of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced from 1984 until 1987 in Ferrari's Maranello factory.

7. London bus 288 runs from Queensbury Morrisons to Meadfield.

8. The Year 288 was a leap year starting on a Sunday, known at the time as the Year of the Consulship of Maximian and Lanuarianus.

9. In The Bible, 288 is the number of Levitical musicians and singers appointed by King David to lead worship in the house of the Lord (1 Chronicles 25:7).

10. The Roman numeral for 288 is CCLXXXVIII and in binary it’s 100100000.

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