Any Facts that Fit the Numbers

[Lance]

Grade 304 stainless steel is the most versatile and most widely used variety.

[Arneb]

§ 305 StGB - Article 305 of German penal law, FWIW:

Zerstörung von Bauwerken

(1) Wer rechtswidrig ein Gebäude, ein Schiff, eine Brücke, einen Damm, eine gebaute Straße, eine Eisenbahn oder ein anderes Bauwerk, welche fremdes Eigentum sind, ganz oder teilweise zerstört, wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft.

(2) Der Versuch ist strafbar.

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(1) He who (or she who) unlawfully destroys a building, a ship, a bridge, a dam, a built road, a railway or any other construction in someone else's posession, partly or totally, is sentenced to up to five years in prison or a money fine.

(2) The attempt is punishable.

(Someone translate this into English legalese please)

[KLA2]

The following is a summary of the interesting facts about the Eiffel tower:

300 iron workers, for the two years 1887-89;
2.5 million rivets;
15,000 pieces of iron;
40 tons of paint;
High wind sway of at most 12 cm;
Temperature dependant height variation of 15 cm or less;
1652 steps from the 2nd level to the top level;
Total height in 1889: 300.51 meters [985 feet, 11 inches];
Total height with television mast: 320.755 meters [1052 feet, 4 inches];
Base area: 10,281.96 Sq. meters [2.54 acres];
Foundation weight: 277,602 kg [306 tons];

http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Newsle ... _tower.htm

[Arneb]

The bombing of Air India flight 182, en route from Montreal to London, on June 23, 1985, killing all 307 passengers and 19 crew, was the worst air disaster by violent means until September 11, 2001 (The shooting down of Korean Airlines 007 by a Soviet fighter jet claimed 269 lives, the Lockerbie bombing 270).

For Canada, it remains the worst act of terrorism perpetrated on her citizens, with 279 Canadian victims.

You may wonder why I cite this terrible fact in our usually light-hearted game. But when I looked for a "good" number 307, I came across this terrible moment, and I was shocked to find out that, seemingly, I had never heard of it. I do remember Korean Airlines 007 and Pan Am 103, but this one - nothing. Why did we forget them? Because they were 279 Canadians of Indian descent killed by a radical Sikh, i.e., not really "our" people? That would be so sad.

[Мастер]

You may wonder why I cite this terrible fact in our usually light-hearted game. But when I looked for a "good" number 307, I came across this terrible moment, and I was shocked to find out that, seemingly, I had never heard of it. I do remember Korean Airlines 007 and Pan Am 103, but this one - nothing. Why did we forget them? Because they were 279 Canadians of Indian descent killed by a radical Sikh, i.e., not really "our" people? That would be so sad.

They have low market value. Want to guess how many Africans die every day of preventable causes?

The Peugeot 308 was introduced last year.

[Arneb]

They have low market value. Want to guess how many Africans die every day of preventable causes?

Very true, I guess. And all the grimmer.

The last Berlusconi Impunity Act in Italy was approved by 309 of 545 deputies in the Lower House of Parliament on July 10, 2008. Talk about market value...

[KLA2]

For Canada, it remains the worst act of terrorism perpetrated on her citizens, with 279 Canadian victims.

Yes, Arneb. Glib but perhaps true, for some, Mactep {hangs head}.

Warnings of the event, and the subsequent enquiries, were ignored and botched at the highest levels. Ontario Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman recently said he warned RCMP days before Air India disaster.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/05/ ... india.html

This atrocity was committed in response to Indian troops attacking the Golden Temple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bluestar

Religion. War. What are they good for …

Oh, yeah. The the USS Batfish (SS310) was the premier sub-killing-sub of the second world war.

[troubleagain]

311 (pronounced "three eleven") is a band from Omaha, Nebraska. Their musical structure incorporates a variety of musical styles including Rock, Punk, Hip hop, Reggae, Ska, Jazz and Funk.

[KLA2]

312 is a commonly used dyslexic version of the popular 123.

[Мастер]

313 is the city code for Detroit, Michigan.

[troubleagain]

314 looks very like the first digits of pi.

[KLA2]

315 Million Dollar Man Broke

Jack Whittacker won $315,000,000 on December 26, 2002, and took home a lump sum of $113,000,000 after taxes. So now why is he saying that he's broke?

Well AOL Internet news reports say that Mr. Whittaker and his family have had a string of bad luck ever since they won the powerball.

http://www.xomba.com/315_million_dollar_man_broke

[hippietrekx]

316 is an instrumental song by Van Halen.

[Arneb]

Munich's olympic tower is 317 m high.

[KLA2]

The Chrysler 318 CI engine was a classic that lasted over 30 years.

[Arneb]

The double star Chi Virginis is approximately 319 light years away from us.

[KLA2]

The Airbus A320 is a popular airplane.

[Arneb]

Ignition squence started - 3 - 2 - 1 - and liftoff...

[KLA2]

The Number 322
Prime Factors of 322=2x7x23.
322 is a Lucas Number.

322 is a 17-gonal Number.

322 is a 55-gonal Number.

322 is the 35th number which is the Product of 3 distinct primes.

322 is the number of + signs needed to write the Partitions of 12

According to the Skull and Bones Society lore in 322 B.C., a Greek orator died. When he died, the goddess Eulogia, the goddess, whom Skull and Bones called the goddess of eloquence, arose to the heavens and didn't happen to come back down until 1832, when she happened to take up residence in the tomb of Skull and Bones.

The clay tablet with the catalog number 322 in the G. A. Plimpton Collection at Columbia University may be the most well known mathematical tablet, certainly the most photographed one, but it deserves even greater renown. It was scribed in the Old Babylonian period between -1900 B.C and -1600 B.C and shows the most advanced mathematics before the development of Greek mathematics. It concerns the Pythagorean triples.

Huh.

[Arneb]

Mazda 323, a popular compact class in Europe.

[KLA2]

The Eiffel Tower was the tallest building in the world for a while. It is 324 meters in height. It was designed by a freemason. The obvious connection to another tall building, the Tower of Babylon is obvious ...

http://www.scoreboard-canada.com/babylo ... zareth.htm

Whoh! Check out this site. Looks like a GLP subsidiary.

Maybe we should send in our Light infantry ...

[troubleagain]

The LST 325 was an amphibious vehicle in WWII.

[KLA2]

... the sheer amount of water that natural and manmade climate changes and human usage is drawing out of the Colorado River system is staggering. The researchers estimate that 1 million acre-feet, or 326 billion gallons, of water are being leached out of the system each year ...

... take a step back and look at the system, it defies reason to build huge cities in a desert that's getting even dryer. I have no doubt that as the price of water and air conditioning rise in Vegas and Phoenix, the low upfront housing costs and hot sun will start to lose their appeal. I just hope that happens before we permanently break the Colorado River water system.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008 ... at-wa.html

[troubleagain]

From Wikipedia:

327 = 3·109, perfect totient number; this number appears in all Star Wars movies.

Huh. Who knew.

[Arneb]

A typical Southern hemisphere impact structure, 300+ km broad Proctor crater on Mars is located between 333 and 328 °W, and between 46 and 49 °S