Monday, July 10, 2023

The Quite Incredible Number List: 7201-7300

7201: The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City is 7,201 feet above sea level. (Big Martin)
7202: Episode 7202 of the Australian soap Neighbours, first broadcast on 1 September 2015, was the first three-hander in the programme's 30-year history. (Brock)
7203: Rugrat Resins kit 7203 is a 1/72nd scale model of a Bristol 142 aircraft - the original of which first flew in 1935. (Big Martin)
7204: Wasl Hospitality and Leisure caters to the Dubai hospitality sector with a portfolio of 7204 hotel rooms. (Brock)
7205: Section IPTM7205 of the HMRC Insurance Policyholder Taxation Manual covers the correction of chargeable event certificates. (Big Martin)
7206: Road sign 7206 in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) is centre lane of a three-lane single carriageway road closed. As there are very few three-lane single carriageways left, I can't imagine there's much call for this one! (Brock)
7207: HSN Code 7207 covers semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel. (Big Martin)
7208: The second deepest known cave in the world is the Krubera Cave, located in the Arabika Massif of the Gagra Range of the Western Caucasus. The difference in elevation between the cave's entrance and its deepest explored point is 7208 feet (± 66 ft). (Brock)
7209: Minimum World catalogue number HW 7209 is a pack of six newel posts for 1:12 scale dolls' houses. (Big Martin)
7210: There were reports last year that the Government Legal Department general enquiry number 020 7210 8500 and switchboard number 020 7210 3000 were being used by fraudsters to try to extract money from members of the public. (Brock)
7211: The Guinness World Record for the highest altitude cycling was set in 2009 at 7,211 metres up Mount Muztagata in China. (Big Martin)
7212: There are 7212 partitions of 1 into unit fractions with denominators less than or equal to 20, where a "unit fraction" is a fraction with numerator equal to 1. (So 1 = 1/2 + 1/5 + 1/10 + 1/10 + 1/20 + 1/20 would be one of them.) (Brock)
7213: In 2018 it was reported that the average length of shale wells in the USA had grown 25% to 7,213 feet. (Big Martin)
7214: 7214 crimes of domestic abuse were reported to Wiltshire police during 2020-21. (Brock)
7215: The vessels Blue Marlin and Black Marlin are semisubmersible heavy-lift ships with a 7,215 square metre free deck area. (Big Martin)
7216: 7216 people died crossing the U.S-Mexico border between 1998 and 2017. (Brock)
7217: A North London Railway crane tank was the oldest serving locomotive to be inherited by British Railways in 1948; having been built 90 years earlier. Previously, in LMS service it had born the number 7217. (Big Martin)
7218: Reel Music, issued in the UK in 1982 by Parlophone as PCS 7218, is an album of songs that appeared in Beatles films. (Brock)
7219: Here is a Hubble telescope image of supernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219. (Big Martin)
7220: The Chicago rapper Lil Durk announced in November 2021 that his new album will be entitled 7220 - a reference to the address of his grandmother's house, where he lived with fifteen of his family members for years. (Brock)
7221: The 7221 series was a diesel motor railbus used on Croatian Railways from the 1950s. (Big Martin)
7222: Many phone numbers in the Westminster area of London begin 020 7222 (e.g. Westminster Abbey, 020 7222 5152). This can be traced back to the old Abbey exchange in the days before all-figure dialling, with both A and B corresponding to digit 2: ABBey xxxx -> 01-222 xxxx -> 071-222 xxxx -> 0171-222 xxxx -> 020 7222 xxxx. (See the linked Wikipedia article for an explanation of all the changes; it uses the old London Transport enquiry number 020 7222 1234 as an example, though it no longer exists.) (Brock)
7223: On Saturday January 21st 2017, 7,223 people watched Cardiff Blues beat Bristol Bears at rugby 37 - 21. (Big Martin)
7224: There are 7224 primes between 900,000 and 1,000,000. Curiously, there are also 7224 primes between 1,100,000 and 1,200,000. (Brock)
7225: Item number 7225-1860 at the V&A is a lantern from Venice made in the late C16th and possibly originally from a galley. (Big Martin)
7226: The driving distance from Vienna to Zanzibar is 7226 miles. (Brock)
7227: 7227 is an unofficial CD by Van Halen released in Italy in 1992. (Big Martin)
7228: The population of the Isle of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, fell from 7228 in 2001 to 6498 in 2011. (Brock)
7229: The GWR's 4200 and 5205 classes were similar 2-8-0 tank locomotives intended for short-haul coal trains from the Welsh mines to the docks. Owing to a downturn in coal traffic resulting from the Great Depression, a number were rebuilt with larger coal bunker to extend their range, necessitating the addition of an additional pair of trailing wheels. These locos were renumbered as the 7200 Class. Of these, 3 were rescued from Barry including 7229, which is still awaiting restoration at the East Lancs Railway. (Big Martin)
7230: 7230 is the sum of five consecutive squares, and also the sum of the immediately following four consecutive squares:
362 + 372 + 382 + 392 + 402 = 7230
412 + 422 + 432 + 442 = 7230
The next similar number is 19855 (sum of six consecutive squares and also the sum of the next five). (Brock)
7231: Canadian National Occupation Classification 7231 covers machinists and machining and tooling inspectors. (Big Martin)
7232: 7232 applications were made to Devon primary schools for the current academic year. (Brock)
7233: FAA forms 7233-1 and 7233-4 are for aircraft internal flight plans and international flight plans respectively. (Big Martin)
7234: RFC 7234 is an Internet Standards document for Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), defining how a cache should be implemented internally. (Brock)
7235: The Prince Street Bridge in central Bristol is listed as an historic monument and is at grid reference ST 5863 7235. (Big Martin)
7236: Petroglyph National Monument on the West Side of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a 7236-acre park with thousands of ancient rock art images called petroglyphs. (Brock)
7237: The deepest point of the Black Sea is 7,237 feet deep. (Big Martin)
7238: In this year's Scottish Parliament elections, the Orkney Islands constituency was won by Liam McArthur (Liberal Democrat) with 7238 votes. (Brock)
7239: Sailing frigate HMS Inconstant was refitted for service in 1793 at a cost of £7,239. (Big Martin)
7240: 7240 = 193 + 192 + 19 + 1 (the sum of the 3rd, 2nd, 1st and 0th powers of 19). (Brock)
7241: The Fort Knox Guardian 7241 is a gun safe. (Big Martin)
7242: The average daily number of Covid vaccinations given across BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) and Dorset council areas in the week of 20th March 2021 was 7242. They currently need 16,250 jabs per day to meet the Government's end of year target. (Brock)
7243: NGC 7243 is a large sparse open cluster in the faint northern constellation of Lacerta. (Big Martin)
7244: It was reported in July 2021 that Elon Musk had put down a £7244 deposit to reserve a seat on a future suborbital flight. (Brock)
7245: The ISBN for Dust Devils by James Reasoner is 978-0-8095-7245-8. (Strawberry)
7246: Peter Schagen's letter from 1626 mentions the purchase of Manhattan and the arrival of a ship from the colony with 7,246 beaver skins amongst other things. (Big Martin)
7247: The population of Page, Arizona in 2010 was 7247. (Brock)
7248: Eastman EXR 100T/7248 SP is a colour negative film for general motion-picture production. (Big Martin)
7249: In the first six months of this year, 7249 EU citizens were stopped by British border officials at airports, ferry ports or on Eurotunnel and Eurostar vehicle and train services. Of those, more than 60% were from Romania. (Brock)
7250: The Nokia 7250 is a mobile phone handset manufactured by Nokia. (Strawberry)
7251: ADS 7251 is a binary star system 20.66 light years from the sun. (Big Martin)
7252: On Dec 21, 2021, the FTSE 100 share index rose by 0.8% to 7252, according to the Financial Times. (Brock)
7253: The shipping magazine The Motorship had a certified average circulation of 7,253 when ABC audited in November 2009. (Big Martin)
7254: To evaluate 233 - 173 without the aid of a calculator:
Put a = 20, b = 3.
Then 233 - 173 = (a+b)3 - (a-b)3
= (a3 + 3(a2)b + 3a(b2) + b3) - (a3 - 3(a2)b + 3a(b2) - b3)
= 6(a2)b + 2(b3)
= (6 x 400 x 3) + (2 x 27)
= (6 x 1200) + 54
= 7254
(Brock)
7255: The mzr-7255 is a hermetic inert pump for chemical industry applications. (Big Martin)
7256: 7256 is the postcode of Grassy in Tasmania. (Brock)
7257: Bus route 7257 operates in the area around Titisee in the Black Forest. (Big Martin)
7258: A decision was made in December 2021 on whether to revamp Wakefield Trinity rugby league club's stadium, increasing the capacity from 7258 to 8866. (Brock)
7259: The Cyber Hymnal entry 7259 is the Wexford Carol. (Big Martin)
7260: 7260 is a triply triangular number. That's because the 5th triangular number is 15, the 15th triangular number is 120, and the 120th triangular number is 7260. (Brock)
7261: No. 14 Houston beat Oklahoma State 72-61 at basketball in December 2021. (Big Martin)
7262: The phone number for the Mercure London Hyde Park is 020 7262 6699. (Brock)
7263: YV 7263 is the registration of a 1928 Bentley 4.5 litre car. (Big Martin)
7264: Gefapixant (MK-7264) is a drug which acts as an antagonist of the P2RX3 receptor, and may be useful in the treatment of chronic cough. (Brock)
7265: At 7,265 feet long, Tay Road Bridge 4 was the longest road bridge in Britain at the time of its construction. (Big Martin)
7266: The eruption of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia during 2016 and 2017 resulted in the displacement of at least 7266 people. (Brock)
7267: 7,267 Britons have applied for residency cards in the Dordogne. (Big Martin)
7268: The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany covers an area of 7268 square kilometres. (Brock)
7269: Science Photo Library image C017/7269 is of Clifton Suspension Bridge as captured on the disc of the nearby camera obscura. (Big Martin)
7270: Out of 7270 EU nationals who have applied to continue living in the Chichester district since the EU Settlement Scheme was launched, around 200 have had their applications rejected. (Brock)
7271: BAY 38-7271 is a drug with analgesic and neuroprotective effects. (Big Martin)
7272: 7272 is a Kaprekar number, which means that the decimal representation of its square can be split into two parts that sum to the original number: 72722 = 52881984, and 5288 + 1984 = 7272. (Brock)
7273: BS 7273 is a code of practice for the operation of fire protection measures. (Big Martin)
7274: In the videogame Titanfall 2, the protagonist Jack Cooper bonds with his mentor's Titan (or powered exoskeleton) BT-7274 after his mentor is killed in action. (Brock)
7275: The Ginault 7275 is an oscillator assembly for watches. (Big Martin)
7276: A record 7276 vehicles crossed the Atal Tunnel in the Himalayas on June 27 2021. (Brock)
7277: The Hochdonn High Bridge is a railway bridge over the Kiel Canal and has a total length of 7,277 feet. (Big Martin)
7278: On Friday, October 22nd 2021, a Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 200 landed in Dublin, after a nine-hour trip all the way from Seattle, Washington - a distance of 7278 km, and impressive for a single-aisle aircraft. (Brock)
7279: Aircraft construction number BM.7279 is a Bristol Boxkite replica operated by The Shuttleworth Trust. (Big Martin)
7280: The Nokia 7280 "lipstick" phone, launched in 2004, has a wheel-shaped device called a NaviSpinner in place of a keypad. (Brock)
7281: Aircraft construction number BM.7281 is also a Bristol Boxkite replica, but this time it's the one hanging in Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. (Big Martin)
7282: "Donald Trump is running again, part 7282" said the headline over an article on CNN's Politics page on November 24 2021. I can certainly sympathize with the headline-writer. (Brock)
7283: The Roman league was one and a half Roman miles in length, making it about 7,283 feet. (Big Martin)
7284: In local elections in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in September 2021, the Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) won 7284 out of 8063 Mandal Parishads Territorial Constituencies. (Brock)
7285: Collett composite carriage 7285 was built for the GWR in 1941 and is currently stored at the Didcot Railway Centre. (Big Martin)
7286: 37286 is the smallest power of 3 with seven consecutive 4's in its decimal representation. (I have not attempted to verify this, as the number is 3477 digits long!) (Brock)
7287: The book 7287 by Austin Macauley is about the author's experiences as a National Serviceman during the Korean War. (Big Martin)
7288: The Indian Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized a total of 7288 kg of gold in less than three years (up to last November). (Brock)
7289: YBC 7289 is a Babylonian clay tablet dating to somewhere between 1800 and 1600 BCE which illustrates remarkably accurate mathematical solutions. (Big Martin)
7290: On January 4th 2022, BlackBerry discontinued services on its classic mobile phones, famous for their physical QWERTY keyboards. Among them was the first colour screen device, the BlackBerry 7290. (Brock)
7291: HR 7291 Sagittarii is a class F star with 2 observed planets. (Big Martin)
7292: The Believer is a jazz album by John Coltrane released in 1964 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7292. (Brock)
7293: Prints of NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula, are available for £44.99. (Big Martin)
7294: Gyala Peri is a 7294-metre peak just beyond the eastern end of the Himalayas at the entrance to Tsangpo gorge. It was first climbed by a Japanese expedition in 1986, and appears never to have been attempted since. (See also this site.) (Brock)
7295: In 1991, Canadian long-distance runner Al Howie completed the Trans Canada Highway Run (7,295 km) in a record time of 72 days and 10 hours. (Big Martin)
7296: The Daily Express ran an article in January 2022 claiming that thousands of Britons are thought to be missing out on up to £7296 a year in Personal Independence Payments. (Brock)
7297: Hansa Creation article 7297 is an insanely adorable leopard cub cuddly toy. (AlmondFacialBar)
7298: 7298 is the code number for this Brickipedia dinosaur set. (Awitt)
7299: At Christmas, the vlogger Donnalyn Bartolome put on blonde hair and flew 7299 miles to surprise her family at Disneyland California. (The article doesn't say where she flew from.) (Brock)
7300: In August 2021, the prime minister of Pakistan inaugurated a 7,300 ton ship lift and transfer system in Karachi. (Big Martin)

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