6201: Evidence of the chaotic nature of our road numbering system comes from the A6201 between the Hemsworth bypass and Barnsdale Bar in Yorkshire. It opened in 2008-9 as the A6021, with the highway authorities seemingly unaware that a road with this number already existed in Rotherham. Apparently the number was planned as A6201 all along, but a persistent typo in many of the plans meant that signs were made with the wrong number, which also appeared on maps. The error has now been corrected and patches have been placed on signs. (GuyBarry)
6202: LMS locomotive 6202 was completed in 1935 as a turbine locomotive. Following a turbine failure in 1949, it was deemed too expensive to repair and rebuilt as conventional locomotive before being scrapped after being involved in a major accident in 1952. (Big Martin)
6203: Tungsten has the highest boiling point of all the elements, at 6203 kelvin (5930°C). (GuyBarry)
6204: The SKF 6204 is a deep groove ball bearing assembly. (Big Martin)
6205: The Azekah Inscription is a tablet inscription of the reign of Sennacherib (reigned 705 to 681 BC) discovered in the mid-nineteenth century in the Library of Ashurbanipal, describing an Assyrian campaign by Sennacherib against Hezekiah, King of Judah, including the conquest of Azekah. It currently resides in the British Museum with an identification number of K.6205 + BM 82-3-23,131. (GuyBarry)
6206: FUNKO POP 6206 TELEVISION is a vinyl figure of Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who. (Big Martin)
6207: No. 6207; A Study in Steel is a 1935 British documentary film which documents the construction of the steam locomotive, LMS Princess Royal Class No. 6207 Princess Arthur of Connaught, at the London Midland and Scottish Railway's Crewe Works. You can watch the full 17 minutes on YouTube. (GuyBarry)
6208: The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service's fact sheet HLA-6208 is on improving native pecan groves. (Big Martin)
6209: There are 6209 letters in the Book of Habakkuk in the King James Bible. (GuyBarry)
6210: In 2017 there were 6,210 hospitals in the United States. (Big Martin)
6211: 6211 is a so-called cuban prime: a prime number that is the difference between two consecutive cubes. 463 - 453 = 97336 - 91125 = 6211 (GuyBarry)
6212: 6212 Nauticals import Australian wine to somewhere "under the African sun". (Big Martin)
6213: According to The Samaritans, in 2017 there were 6213 suicides in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. (GuyBarry)
6214: Lower Buckden on the Stubbins Estate in Lancashire is situated by the B6214. (Big Martin)
6215: Clearfield is a borough and the county seat of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,215 people making it the second most populous community in Clearfield County behind DuBois. (Olinguito)
6216: The postcode for picturesque Geiranger in Norway is 6216. (Big Martin)
6217: Data from the Spanish Interior Ministry shows that police fined 6217 people between April 2015 and January 2016 for showing "lack of respect to security forces". (GuyBarry)
6218: Canadian National steam locomotive 6218 is currently being restored at the Fort Erie Railway Museum. (Big Martin)
6219: In August 2019, the small Western Australian town of Cookernup won a "hard-slog" battle with Australia Post to have its postcode returned. In 1974 Cookernup merged into the neighbouring Harvey postcode of 6220, but several years ago locals began the fight to have their 6219 postcode reinstated. Australia Post believes this is the first time it has ever returned a town's postcode. (GuyBarry)
6220: On the opening day of the Clifton Rocks Railway on March 11th 1893 6,220 people travelled up and down the line. (Big Martin)
6221: The international dialling code for the German city of Heidelberg is +49 6221. It is well known as home to Germany's oldest and one of Europe's most reputable universities. (GuyBarry)
6222: Mills Archive ID 6222 is Bitton Paper Mill on the River Boyd near Bristol. One of the sources of the Boyd is at Dyrham Park. (Big Martin)
6223: 6223 divides 86223 - 1. (The number in question has 5620 digits.) (GuyBarry)
6224: The Spaceman 6224 is a soft serve ice cream machine. (Big Martin)
6225: The three Storegga Slides are considered to be amongst the largest known landslides. They occurred under water, at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 6225-6170 BC. (GuyBarry)
6226: Bristol Blenheim bomber N6226 of 139 (Jamaica) Squadron RAF was destroyed when a "hung up" 20 pound practice bomb fell off and exploded during landing at Upper Heyford on November 15th 1939. (Big Martin)
6227: The city of Bremen, Georgia (USA) is predictably not pronounced like its German namesake, but as "BREE-men". 6227 people were living there at the time of the 2010 census. (GuyBarry)
6228: When the East India Company ship Orpheus was diverted to support the Royal Navy during the invasion on the Dutch Cape Colony in 1795, her owners charged the British government £6,228 18s to cover extra expenses incurred. (Big Martin)
6229: Strathmore Lodge 6229 in Barnard Castle, County Durham meets on the second Wednesday of each month, with the exception of July and August, in the Masonic Hall, Newgate, Barnard Castle. (GuyBarry)
6230: 6230 Species Rich Nardus Grassland occurs mainly in Scotland in the UK, but with some in North Wales, Northern Ireland and North-West England. (Big Martin)
6231: Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 was one of two Boeing 727s that crashed in the United States on the same day, December 1 1974. All three crew members on board died when the aircraft struck the ground in Harriman State Park, just north of New York City, following a stall and rapid descent caused by the crew's reaction to erroneous airspeed readings caused by atmospheric icing. (GuyBarry)
6232: WISE 0647-6232 is a brown dwarf star located some 28 light years from Earth. (Big Martin)
6233: At the conclusion of polling in the 1784 general election, Charles James Fox narrowly succeeded in the constituency of Westminster, with 6233 votes to Sir Cecil Wray's 5998. However, Pitt the Younger's supporters then demanded a scrutiny of the votes and the Returning Officer therefore did not make the return. (GuyBarry)
6234: LMS Coronation Class locomotive 6234 Duchess of Abercorn still holds the British record for the greatest power output from a steam locomotive to be officially recorded on an attached dynamometer car. (Big Martin)
6235: The Japanese adventure video game Ib takes place some time after the year 6235 - that being the date of "The Geometrical Fish", the latest painting featured in the game. (GuyBarry)
6236: Tázlár is a village and municipality in Hungary. Its postal code is 6236. (Strawberry)
6237: The Skatestraum Tunnel between the islands of Rugsundøya and Bremangerlandet in Norway is 6237 feet long. (GuyBarry)
6238: On January 26 2015, Easyjet flight EZY6238 from Berlin to Bristol was diverted to Amsterdam after smoke was detected in the cabin. After a 3 hour delay, the passengers completed their journey on a replacement aircraft. (Big Martin)
6239: If you were travelling down the M11, and were heading to go anticlockwise on the M25, but broke down on the interchange, you might find yourself using SOS box 6239L. (tetsabb)
6240: PGC (Principal Galaxies Catalogue) 6240, also known as the White Rose Galaxy, is a very large and old galaxy in the southern constellation of Hydrus, about 345 million light years away from Earth. (GuyBarry)
6241: Veteran tree 25 on the Bristol Tree Forum is a common oak (Quercus robur) at ST6241 7108 in Victory Park, Brislington that is possibly 380 years old. (Big Martin)
6242: 2011 census figures from England and Wales reveal that 6242 people identify as members of the Heavy Metal religion. (GuyBarry)
6243: According to the Syrian Network For Human Rights, Syrian government aircraft dropped 6,243 barrel bombs on targets in the country in 2017. (Big Martin)
6244: During 2017, traders at Widnes Market in Cheshire raised £6244 for the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. (GuyBarry)
6245: Insects of Iowa record 6245 is for Vanessa atalanta - the Red Admiral butterfly. (Big Martin)
6246: The Area Code for Grodig, Austria, is 6246. The Ferdinand Magellan was built in 1929 by the Pullman Company in Lot 6246, Plan 3972b as a private car. Link (Strawberry)
6247: 6247 is the item number for a Lego system bounty boat set. (Awitt)
6248: ID Hair Studio Hairdressing Salon is at 8, Bridge St, Hindley, Wigan, Lancashire, WN2 3LQ. The phone number is 0194 225 6248. (Strawberry)
6249: The Sailor 6249 is a VHF radio specifically designed for operation on survival craft. (Big Martin)
6250: NGC 6250 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Ara. (Strawberry)
6251: The 6,251 metre high Trango Tower in Pakistan is the largest rock wall in the world. (Big Martin)
6252: The Station code for Treuchtlingen station in Bavaria is 6252. (Strawberry)
6253: 6253 in the Hebrew lexicon represents Ashtoreth (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת). Meaning 'star', Ashtoreth/Ishtar (Assyrian)/Astarte (Greek) was a female war and fertility goddess associated with twilight. Later on she became a he and was, quite literally, demonised as 'Astaroth'. (Celebaelin)
6254: EasyJet flight EZY6254 heads from Lisbon to Bristol most evenings. (Big Martin)
6255: 6255 Kuma is an asteroid approximately 22km in diameter. (Lucas)
6256: The Tonopah Summit is at an elevation of 6,256 feet according to this sign on US Highway 95 near Tonopah, Nevada. (Big Martin)
6257: Cranachan Cafe is at Princes Square, 2nd Floor, 48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3JN. The phone number is 0141 248 6257. (Strawberry)
6258: Sherwin-Williams colour SW6258 is Tricorn Black. (Big Martin)
6259: The distance between Kalkar, Germany and Delhi, India is 6,259 kilometres/3,889 miles. (Strawberry)
6260: Western Australian Museum item BAT6260 is a ship's timber from the wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia which struck a reef off the west coast of Australia in 1629. (Big Martin)
6261: 6261 China (1976 WC) is a Mars-crossing asteroid. (Strawberry)
6262: Fincantieri hull number 6262 is the Italian naval patrol vessel Francesco Morosini, which is due to be launched in March 2020. (Big Martin)
6263: The postal code of Fugen in Austria is 6263. (Big Martin)
6264: The postcode for Tennfjord, a village in Norway, is 6264 Tennfjord. (Strawberry)
6265: The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park's Monument MSO6265 is the C15th farmhouse at Fair Garden Farm. (Big Martin)
6266: 6266 is the reference number for a map from the Parramatta map centre, NSW, Australia. (Awitt)
6267: Whilst Chimborazo is "only" 6,267 metres high, due to its position near the equator, the top of the mountain is actually the furthest point from the earth's core. (Big Martin)
6268: At www.discogs.com, the code for Love, Smokey by Smokey Robinson, is MOT6268. (Strawberry)
6269: As at April 2021, the 6269 bus operated once a week from Paris to Kaliningrad. The 1,081.9 mile journey takes just over 46 hours, but costs a mere £78. (Big Martin)
6270: As at 31 March 2021, the Western Australia Department of Health had administered 50,731 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 6270 people who have received both doses. (Brock)
6271: Rock Springs in Wyoming is at an elevation of 6,271 feet. (Big Martin)
6272: There are 6272 ways to toss a coin 14 times and not get a run of four (heads or tails). (Brock)
6273: East African Railways loco 6273 - a 2-8-4 metre gauge engine - was the last steam loco tested at Vulcan Foundry on January 13th 1956. (Big Martin)
6274: News from Suffolk: the Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership handed out a total of £6274 to eight organizations in its first round of funding. (Brock)
6275: The La Mer course at Golf du Touquet in Le Touquet, France is 6,275 yards long. (Big Martin)
6276: There were 6276 civil partnership ceremonies in the UK during 2013. (Ed.)
6277: A Trixie 6277 is a play tunnel for rabbits, available on Amazon. (tetsabb)
6278: The B6278 across the Durham Dales, from Barnard Castle to Shotley Bridge, is over 30 miles long. (Brock)
6279: The parish of Stoke Gifford which is in Ordnance Survey grid reference ST6279. (Big Martin)
6280: 6280 is the 40th decagonal number - that's the number of dots in a shape like this, but with 40 nested decagons. (Brock)
6281: Polish built steam locomotive 6281 is being restored at Train A Vapeur De Martel is south-western France. (Big Martin)
6282: The Bluebell Pub is at 41 Monton Road, Monton, Manchester, M30 9LL. The phone number is 0161 707 6282. (Strawberry)
6283: 2π = 6.283 to three decimal places, from which it follows that a circle with a radius of 1000 units has a circumference of approximately 6283 units. (Brock)
6284: In case anyone finds a mint condition 1950s Rolex Oyster Perpetual 6284 in the attic - they fetch six figure sums on the collectors' market. (AlmondFacialBar)
6285: In October 2020, the Times of Israel ran a piece called 6285 points to consider when discussing an Israeli-Sudanese peace - focusing on the 6285 Sudanese people living in Israel, many of whom have been waiting more than a decade for Israel to rule on their asylum requests. (Brock)
6286: There were 6286 adoptions in India in 2010. (Ed.)
6287: In 2020, RNLI lifeguards covering the south west saved 56 lives, aided 9179 people and responded to 6287 incidents which included water rescues, minor first aid and helping to reunite missing children with their families. (Brock)
6288: The top station of the Mount Washington Cog Railway is just below the summit of the mountain at 6,288 feet above sea level. (Big Martin)
6289: National Instruments PXI-6289 is a multifunction I/O module. (AlmondFacialBar)
6290: The Nokia 6290 Symbian smartphone was announced in November 2006 and featured a 2.2″ display, 2 MP primary camera, 950 mAh battery, 45 MB storage and 64 MB RAM. (Awitt)
6291: 1+(2x3)+(4x5)+(6x7)+(8x9)+(10x11)+(12x13)+(14x15)+(16x17)+(18x19)+(20x21)+(22x23)+(24x25)+(26x27)+(28x29)+(30x31)+(32x33)+34 = 6291. (Brock)
6292: It was estimated that 6292 people were sleeping rough in England in March 2023. (Ed.)
6293: The Three Reservoirs Walk on the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, 6.8 miles long, is walk ID 6293 on the Walkingworld site. (Brock)
6294: Dr W.H. Duncan, the first medical officer of health for Liverpool, estimated that in 1844 there were 6294 cellars in the city with 20,168 inhabitants. (Ed.)
6295: The Greek Odyssey cruise from Viking Cruises costs a mere 6295 Australian dollars per person. (Brock)
6296: Tail number B-6296 is an A320-200 operated by Shenzen Airlines. (AlmondFacialBar)
6297: The Airbus A220-300 has a range of 6297 km. (Brock)
6298: On January 1st 2018 there were 6,298 people called Malthe living in Denmark. (Big Martin)
6299: 6299 N. Crow Street in Brazil, IN, houses Otter Creek Christian Church, an Evangelical house of worship. (AlmondFacialBar)
6300: In May 2020, when the then Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was asked about a Covid-19 death toll that had topped 6300, his response was "So what?" (Brock)
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