Any Facts that Fit the Numbers

[Heid the Ba]

The Volvo 850 was a bit less brick like than its immediate predecessor.

[Lianachan]

The Ducati 851 is a 90° V-twin fully faired sport bike with liquid cooling and four valve heads.

[Heid the Ba]

Ah, the mid-life crisis killer. I managed to avoid that one.

8.52 is nearly nine o'clock so time for your snack before nine o'clock telly.

[g-one]

UA Local 853 has never represented any 'associates' of a certain ex-president.

[Heid the Ba]

854 is the area code for parts of South Carolina.

[Heid the Ba]

855 is stark raving unprime. Primeless. Primefree.

[Arneb]

Austrian Philipp Kaider became 24-h-cycling World record holder in November, 2022, covering 856 km.

[Heid the Ba]

857 is prime.

[Arneb]

858 is a German area code deep in Lower Bavaria.

[Heid the Ba]

The A859 runs from southern Harris to Stornoway and has been driven by at least two of our number.

[Lianachan]

The A859 runs from southern Harris to Stornoway and has been driven by at least two of our number.

At least one of our number, what used to live there, many *many* times.

[Heid the Ba]

Oh noes! He's thrown the count off!

860AD, a Rus fleet trashes the outskirts of Constantinople.

861 is primefree.

[Lianachan]

I offer precisely 862 apologies.

[Heid the Ba]

863? Prime as fuck. Well, prime as a hand job in a bus shelter.

[Мастер]

In 864, Boris I of Bulgaria converted to Christianity.

[Arneb]

My Wikipedia says it was actuall in 865.

[Мастер]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/864

Perhaps there is a toll-free US 866 number we could call to find out which is correct?

[Lianachan]

Well I'm sure we can all agree that it was in 877 that Donnchad son of Aedacán son of Conchobor was deceitfully killed by Flann son of Mael Sechnaill, and that Rhodri son of Merfyn, king of the Britons, came in flight from the dark foreigners to Ireland.

[Мастер]

Well I'm sure we can all agree that it was in 877 that Donnchad son of Aedacán son of Conchobor was deceitfully killed by Flann son of Mael Sechnaill, and that Rhodri son of Merfyn, king of the Britons, came in flight from the dark foreigners to Ireland.

I have found some support for the latter part from the link provided. But, I think that we can also agree that 867, in addition to being the first three digits of Jenny's 'phone number (the remainder being 5309), is also the next integer after 866.

I think we can also agree on who double-posted on 832, thus making this thread out of synch.

For this reason, perhaps I should also mention in this post that in 868, Muhammed II from the territory that is today known as Tunisia, conquered Malta.

[Heid the Ba]

Florida Road 869 is the Fort Lauderdale bypass/ring road. Never been on it.

Edit: Hmm, I might have been on the interstate junction where the 869 ends, I had no idea where Fort Lauderdale is so checked, and I once drove from Naples, Fla. to Joe Robbie Stadium (as was) so have been in the area.

[g-one]

The 870 Remington is an absolute classic pump shotgun.

[Heid the Ba]

That is indeed the classic pump shotgun.

871 Taylor Road West, Deland, Florida is for sale.
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 0881-70203

[Мастер]

If I came in time for 871, I could say something about Alfred. But since I didn’t . . .

872 - The Fall of the Kingdom and Birth of a Country - is a 45 minute Norwegian film about events involving Harald Fairhair in the year 1150. I have no idea why it is called 872.

[Arneb]

Possibly because it was 872 years ago in 2022? When the film was made? Could be something like that.

Mare Tranqulitatis on the Moon is given an approximate diameter of 873 km.

[Heid the Ba]

874 squared is 763,876.