The Quite Incredible Number List: 8001-8100

8001: CSB 8001 is a patrol vessel operated by the Vietnamese coast guard. (Big Martin)

8002: "The roads of Zone 8 are a little different to the mainstream. They cover some of the wildest, most remote and empty parts of the British Isles, namely the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland" (SABRE). Not an awful lot of four-digit A-roads in this part of the world, but some very picturesque B-roads, like the B8002, serving the Craignish peninsula on the Argyll Coast south of Oban. (Brock)

8003: Portstewart in Northern Ireland had a population of 8,003 at the time of the 2011 census. (Big Martin)

8004: As of 2020, there were 8004 listed public toilets in Taipei City manned by a crew of only 73 people. (Ed.)

8005: National River Flow Archive station 8005 is on the Spey at Boat of Garten. (Big Martin)

8006: 8006 criminals were arrested in the four months to January 2022 as part of Operation Sajag in northwest Delhi. (Brock)

8007: The 8007 bus runs from Riga in Latvia to Tallinn in Estonia every day. (Big Martin)

8008: The written numeral 8008 is both a palindrome and a strobogrammatic number (the same upside-down), and also has both vertical. and horizontal axes of symmetry. Quite elegant! (Brock)

8009: There were 8,009 violent crimes in Bury during 2021/22. (Big Martin)

8010: 8010 = 38² + 39² + 40² + 41² + 42² (OEIS). (Brock)

8011: Broad Peak Central in Pakistan has an elevation of 8,011 metres. (Big Martin)

8012: Sanu Sherpa has become the first climber in the world to summit the planet's 14 highest mountains, not once, but twice. It started in 2006, when he became a mountaineer after successfully climbing Cho Oyu (8012 metres) on his first attempt. (Brock)

8013: 8013 by Badin is described as a "Cascadian Dark Ale". I wouldn't mind trying that! (Big Martin)

8014: There are only seven four-digit A-road numbers currently in use in zone 8, mostly associated with pretty unremarkable suburban roads. For instance the A8014 is a short road (1.8 miles) running north to south between Hardgate and Clydebank in West Dunbartonshire. (Brock)

8015: In 2021 a World Record was set by the use of 8,015 LED light bulbs to create a thank you message on a Saudi Arabian runway. (Big Martin)

8016: NHS Digital figures suggest that NHS England has vacancies for 8016 doctors, although the real figure could be as high as 12,000. (Figures from May 2021.) (Brock)

8017: The Torre de Comares is the highest tower in the Alhambra. The ceiling has 8017 separate pieces of wood in 7 concentric circles with superimposed cedar-wood adornments crowned by central mocarabe boss. (bemahan)

8018: Back to the B-roads of zone 8, which are generally a lot prettier than the A-roads! The B8018 is a strange road which winds around the northern end of the Rhinns of Islay without really going anywhere or serving any villages, running for 6.4 miles from Tràigh an Luig to Sanaigmore. (Brock)

8019: Fairchild Flying Boxcar registration 51-8019 was damaged beyond repair on April 17th 1966 by a fire that occurred after having to land too fast due to a problem with a propeller. (Big Martin)

8020: The Pareto principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 rule, states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes. (Slight cheat but I've got away with it before!) (Brock)

8021: Tarantupedia record IBSP 8021 is a male Sickius longibulbi spider collected in Brazil by R R Silva in 1983. (Big Martin)

8022: According to the Washington Post in 2005, the United States Strategic Command contingency plan for dealing with "imminent" threats is formally known as CONPLAN 8022-02. (Brock)

8023: Wales has a total area of 8,023 square miles [...an area the size of Wales! - Ed.]. (Big Martin)

8024: Schwab's Pharmacy was a drugstore located at 8024 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, which was a popular hangout for movie actors and movie industry dealmakers from the 1930s until the 1950s. (Brock)

8025: Lac des Cordes in Haute-Alpes, France has an elevation of 8,025 feet. (Big Martin)

8026: Last month Loughborough University won its 41st consecutive title at British Universities and Colleges Sport, with a record total score of 8026 points. It's a wonder that the other universities bother to turn up. (Brock)

8027: Zvezda set 8027 is "Medieval Field Powder Artillery" in 1/72nd scale. (Big Martin)

8028: In 1963, the Convair B-58 Hustler set a record for the longest supersonic flight in history. It flew from Tokyo to London (via Alaska), a distance of 8028 miles at an average speed of 938 miles per hour. As of 2016, this record was still standing. (Brock)

8029: The Citgo Fuel Stop is at 8029 Bristol Pike, Levittown, Pennsylvania. (Big Martin)

8030: Down the Highway is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in 1980 on Lifesong Records as LS 8030. (Brock)

8031: English Electric type 1 locomotive 20 031 was originally numbered as D8031 when it was delivered to BR in 1959 and is now operated by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. (Big Martin)

8032: Sir Garfield (Garry) Sobers, widely considered to be the greatest all-rounder of all time, played 93 Test matches for the West Indies in which he scored a total of 8032 runs. (Brock)

8033: DK 8033 is a hybrid maize. (Big Martin)

8034: Starting from Port of Menteith at its northern end, the B8034 skirts the eastern edge of the Lake of Menteith, often referred to as "Scotland's only natural Lake" (rather than Loch). It continues south for about five miles, across the old stone-arch Cardross Bridge, to the A811 at Arnprior. (Brock)

8035: The 80/35 Festival was held on the 8th and 9th of July this year in Des Moines. (Big Martin)

8036: There are 8036 days in 22 years, if the first or second is a leap year. (Caveat: this assumes that every fourth year is a leap year, so may not work outside the period 1901-2099.) (Brock)

8037: Bristol Archive catalogue number 8037/1-2 is copies of the will of Onesiphovous Norman of Bristol, wine cooper from 1769. (Big Martin)

8038: At a by-election just eight days after Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in 2019, Jane Dodds overturned a Conservative majority of 8038 to become the Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnorshire. It was the quickest by-election defeat for any new prime minister since World War Two. The Tories regained the seat at the General Election four months later. (Brock)

8039: Walking Switzerland's walk 8039 is Sunnbuel - Uschenegrat - Schwarenbach - Sunnbuel, a moderate grade walk of 11 km. (Big Martin)

8040: The International Liquid Mirror Telescope is the latest addition to Devasthal Observatory in Uttarakhand, India, which lies 8040 feet above sea level in the Himalayas. (Brock)

8041: There were 8,041 divorce cases in Kuwait last year. (Big Martin)

8042: The racing pigeon De Cas came 19th out of 8042 birds in the Dutch National Barcelona 2009. (Why the Dutch National should take place in Barcelona, I've no idea.) (Brock)

8043: The City of London has a resident population of 8,043 people. That's the "square mile" figure. (Big Martin)

8044: And at almost the other end of the country, the B8044 serves the scattered communities of Kentra and Ardtoe around Kentra Bay on the northern edge of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. Couldn't be much more of a contrast. (Brock)

8045: winemadeeasy's product 8045 is Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry. (Big Martin)

8046: The longest railway freight route in the world is the Yiwu-Madrid line, which is 8046 miles long. (Brock)

8047: Steam locomotive Pioneer was built by John Fowler & Co of Leeds, builder's number 8047, in 1899 and worked on the 2 foot gauge sugar tramways of Queensland. It is currently stored by the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society in the hope that it can be restored at some time. (Big Martin)

8048: Between 1st April 2017 and 31st March 2018, 8048 three-day emergency food supplies were provided to local people in crisis by Oldham Foodbank. (Brock)

8049: In July 2020 it was reported that the Jalandhar Police had fined 8,049 people for not wearing masks. (Big Martin)

8050: Ascom B8050, also known as Quickfare, was a self-service ticket issuing system used by British Rail from 1989 onwards. (Brock)

8051: At the beginning of August, 6 people were hospitalized following an incident at 8051 Northwest 79th Place in Miami - Dade county. (Big Martin)

8052: 8052 = 1⁵ + 2⁵ + 3⁵ + 6⁵ (the sum of fifth powers of the divisors of 6). (Brock)

8053: Dr Martens style 8053 are 5-eye leather platform soled shoes. (Big Martin)

8054: A referendum took place in Bath and North East Somerset on 10 March 2016 on whether there should be an elected mayor. The result was an overwhelming "no", with 30,557 votes against and only 8054 in favour. (Brock)

8055: 8055 Coffee is a coffee shop in Kuala Lumpur. (Big Martin)

8056: The B8056 is a very picturesque dead-end coastal road in Wester Ross. It runs for nearly nine miles from Kerrysdale, south of Gairloch, to Redpoint where there is a large viewpoint car park. The views are even better on the way back! (Brock)

8057: In 2011 the Journal of Bacteriology published an article on the complete genome sequence of Streptomyces cattleya NRRL 8057. (Big Martin)

8058: Edgy Words lists 8058 words beginning with L. (Brock)

8059: IWM war memorials register number 8059 is to the Royal Bucks Hussars in St Peter and Paul's church, Buckingham. (Big Martin)

8060: Minor planet 8060 is named after Anius, son and priest to Apollo on the isle of Delos. (Brock)

8061: The Intel 8061 microcontroller is used in the Ford EEC-IV automotive engine control unit. (Big Martin)

8062: The phone number for planning enquiries at Hackney Council is 020 8356 8062. (Brock)

8063: At the time of the 2016 census, Kangaroo Point in Queensland had a population of 8,063 people. (Big Martin)

8064: 8064 in binary is 1111110000000. (Brock)

8065: 8065 Bagnet is a restaurant in the Philippines. (Big Martin)

8066: The salary for a Modern Apprenticeship at Angus Council is between £8066 and £9242 per year (for under-19s). (Brock)

8067: The Night Navigator 8067 is a complex navigation system for ships. (Big Martin)

8068: What's the safest 4-digit PIN? No one knows, but it was once 8068. In 2012 a group of researchers at Data Genetics reportedly went through 3.4 million PINs and discovered that the least common was 8068, which came up only 25 times. They then published their results, which of course meant that 8068 was no longer the safest PIN. Possibly the most counter-productive piece of research in history. (In fact they didn't get hold of 3.4 million actual PINs. Instead, they used data from released/exposed/discovered password tables and security breaches, and filtered the results to those that consisted of exactly four digits.) (Brock)

8069: Wallis & Steevens road roller 8069 was built in 1931 and now carries the name "Tess". (Big Martin)

8070: At six miles, the B8070 is the longest of the three roads on the Isle of Coll, to the west of the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. It runs from the ferry pier at Arinagour north to the junction with the B8071 and then south-west to serve the south of the island. (Brock)

8071: Ertl model 8071 was a 1/45th scale plastic kit of a Roman warship produced in the 1980s. (Big Martin)

8072: In March this year, the airline Cathay Pacific rerouted its New York to Hong Kong flight to avoid Russian airspace. The journey had previously been 8072 miles long but is now 10,326 miles long, becoming the first-ever regular passenger flight to exceed 10,000 miles. (Brock)

8073: Chocolates for Chocaholics product 8073 is Tulip with Love 8 luxury chocolates. (Big Martin)

8074: Montpelier, Vermont is the least populous state capital in the US, with a population of only 8074 in 2020. The daytime population grows to about 21,000. (Brock)

8075: Bristol Museum object Hartley8075 is a negative of the Greyhound which now only survives in the name of Greyhound Walk in the Galleries Shopping Centre. (Big Martin)

8076: Pseudoliparis swirei is a species of snailfish found at depths of 6198-8076 metres in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. (Brock)

8077: Photomural 8077 from The Wallpaper People is of the Dolomite Alps. (Big Martin)

8078: As I've mentioned once or twice previously, there are certain words you can spell with a calculator with the old seven-segment display, turned upside-down. 8078 gives you "blob". (Brock)

8079: Toad Hall near Tavistock is number 8079 on cottages.com. (Big Martin)

8080: The Intel 8080 was the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel, first appearing in April 1974. Proving that astronomers have a sense of humour, there is a minor planet called 8080 Intel. (Brock)

8081: Admiralty chart 8081 is a port approach guide to Liverpool. (Big Martin)

8082: "Sir Walter Scott Drive" is the rather grand name given to the eastern part of the Inverness Southern Distributor Road, which opened in the late 1980s as the B8082 and is now part of the A8082. (Brock)

8083: If there are any bishops out there looking, Agnus Church Supply's item 8083 is a crozier and mitre travel case. (Big Martin)

8084: A pair of 67-year-old climbers, Brian Kennedy and Jack Beard, died in a climbing accident on July 22 this year in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. The pair fell somewhere between 600 and 1000 feet while descending from Dusty Star (8573 feet), shortly after making what appeared to be the first ascent of the formation's named prominence, Point 8084. (Brock)

8085: Accommodation in a single, half board room at Bristol University's Churchill Hall costs £8,085 for the 42 weeks of term time a year. (Big Martin)

8086: The Intel 8086 microprocessor, released in June 1978, gave rise to Intel's most successful line of processors: the 80186, 80286, 80386, 80486 and finally the Pentium (which would otherwise have been numbered 80586), still in widespread use today. (Brock)

8087: The flight distance from Bristol to Lilongwe is 8,087 kilometres. (Big Martin)

8088: The original IBM PC used an Intel 8088 chip, which was similar to the 8086 but used an 8-bit data bus. (Brock)

8089: 8089 is a "fully featured, open world procedural action RPG" (role-playing game). (Big Martin)

8090: 8090 is a Perrin number. They're nothing to do with Reggie - they're a bit like the Fibonacci numbers, but the sequence starts 3, 0, 2... and each term is the sum of the terms two and three places behind it. The sequence up to that point is:

3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 5, 5, 7, 10, 12, 17, 22, 29, 39, 51, 68, 90, 119, 158, 209, 277, 367, 486, 644, 853, 1130, 1497, 1983, 2627, 3480, 4610, 6107, 8090, ...

(Brock)

8091: Annapurna, the 10th highest mountain in the world, has an elevation of 8,091 metres. (Big Martin)

8092: The UK government's Export Health Certificate 8092 permits the export of day-old ducklings to Ghana. (Brock)

8093: The south fork of the West Marvine Trail in Colorado starts at 8,093 feet and climbs to 10,427 feet over a distance of 6.75 miles. (Big Martin)

8094: The Forth Bridge, carrying the Edinburgh-Aberdeen railway line, is 8094 feet long. (Brock)

8095: You can buy ticket 8095 - a used ordinary return from Sunbury to London from 1987(?) - for £3 on eBay. (Big Martin)

8096: In the 2003 SARS outbreak, a total of 8096 people across 29 countries caught the disease, of whom 774 died. (Brock)

8097: AVoCet recording 8097 is of a Yellow-wattled Bulbul (Pycnonotus urostictus) from the Philippines. (Big Martin)

8098: In the Tunbridge Wells constituency at the December 2019 general election, the Labour candidate Antonio Eduardo Weiss came third with 8098 votes. (Brock)

8099: Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (Leipzig Bavarian Station) is Germany's oldest preserved railway station, located in Leipzig, Germany. The station code is 8099. (Strawberry)

8100: There are 8100 ways to place a non-attacking white and black rook on a 10x10 chessboard. (Brock)