701: Introduced in 1952, the IBM 701 was IBM's first commercial scientific computer. (GuyBarry)
702: 702 is an ABC radio station in Sydney. (Awitt)
703: 703 metres is the deepest record of a Nautilus pompilius recorded feeding during daytime on red bass bait deposited by an ROV on the sea floor at Bougainville Reef. (knightmare)
704: 704 Interamnia is a very large asteroid, with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was discovered on Sunday, the 2nd of October, 1910 by Vincenzo Cerulli and named after the Latin name for Terano, Italy, where Cerulli worked. It is probably the fifth-most-massive asteroid after Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea, with a mass estimated to be 1.2% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. (Strawberry)
705: FedEx Flight 705 experienced an attempted hijacking for the purpose of a suicide attack. (knightmare)
706: HMRC VAT Notice 706 refers to the rules of Partial Exemption from VAT. (GuyBarry)
707: The Boeing 707 was the first large aircraft to use mass-damping as a structural technique in its wing structure. (PDR)
708: BBC 708 is not, as you might think, an obscure TV channel, but a basketball club in Antwerp. (GuyBarry)
709: In 709, a storm washed away the strip of land which connected Herm with the small uninhabited island of Jethou. (knightmare)
710: The 710th Special Operations Wing are the rapid deployment force of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), which are divided into ten-man airborne attack teams as most of their members are airborne qualified. (Strawberry)
711: 7-Eleven, primarily operating as a franchise, is the world's largest operator, franchisor, and licensor of convenience stores with more than 50,000 outlets. (GuyBarry)
712: 712 is a 1991 album by the Japanese rock trio Shonen Knife. The album was named after the contraction of the Japanese words for the numbers 7 (nana), 1 (ichi) and 2 (futatu), which, when contracted, sound like "na-i-fu". Naifu is the imported word in Japanese for "knife". (bemahan)
713: 713 Lusciana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. (Strawberry)
714: Flight 714 is the twenty-second volume of The Adventures of Tintin. (GuyBarry)
715: Magic FM broadcast their digital programme on channel 715 on UK Freeview. (chrisboote)
716: 716 is the smallest number whose cube contains four 6's (367,061,696). (Ed.)
717: Tattoo 717 is a tattoists in Harrisburg, PA. Their phone number, interestingly, is 717 - 652 - 7717 (tetsabb)
718: 718 is an album by Theodore Unit, composed of Kryme Life, Capadonna, Shawn Wiggs, Ghostface Killah, Du-Lilz, Trife Da God and Solomon Childs. The album includes songs that were originally from the sessions for the Ghostface album The Pretty Toney Album. (Strawberry)
719: The Electric Brae on the A719, south of Dunure in Ayrshire, is an example of a "gravity hill", where due to an optical illusion the apparent upward slope of the hill is actually downhill. (GuyBarry)
720: The Boeing 720 was a short-range version of the Boeing 707 intended to serve the internal domestic flying markets in the USA. Only about 150 were built before they were superceded by the cheaper Boeing 727, but as it was a fairly minimal change to the Boeing 707 boeing still made a profit on it. (PDR)
721: Michelin map 721 is a national map of France. (Big Martin)
722: G.722 is a freely available file format for audio file compression. (GuyBarry)
723: The Samsung Wave 723 smartphone is just the third device using Samsung's own Bada OS instead of Android. (knightmare)
724: In 2010, Mimi and Ulrich Gunthart returned from holiday to discover that their car had mysteriously clocked up an extra 724 miles while parked at Kennedy Airport. (GuyBarry)
725: The published length of the recently renamed Dutch Coast Path, "Nederlandse Kustpad", part of the North Sea Trial, is 725 kilometres. (knightmare)
726: 726 is the 11th pentagonal pyramidal number, i.e. you can stack exactly 726 spheres in a pyramid with a pentagonal base, 11 spheres per side. (GuyBarry)
727: The TR 727 is a Latin drum kit version of the TR-707. (Awitt)
728: 728 is the smallest number that can be written as the sum or difference of cubes in three different ways: 63 + 83, 93 - 13 or 123 - 103. (GuyBarry)
729: 729 can be written as a perfect power in three ways: 729 = 36 = 93 = 272. (knightmare)
730: 730 is an American slang term for "crazy". It comes from the motion a criminal defendant would have to file in order to be examined by a psychiatrist to determine whether he or she is fit to proceed to trial. (GuyBarry)
731: Unit 731 was a section of the Japanese army that performed horrific experiments on Chinese prisoners during the second Sino-Japanese war. (Webster100)
732: 732 is an ISO standard for medium format photographic film. (Awitt)
733: 733 is a permutable prime, which means that all permutations of its digits are prime numbers: 337, 373 and 733. (GuyBarry)
734: The historic villages of Shirakawa-go & Gokayama are number 734 on the Unesco World Heritage list. (Big Martin)
735: In June 2006, a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) was approved and signed by the European CoOperation in Science and Technology (COST) Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) in Brussels, providing the operational basis for research into the primary aim of COST Action 735; "To develop tools for assessing global air-sea fluxes of climate and air pollution relevant gases". (GuyBarry)
736: In July 1988, 736 weeks after it debuted on Billboard's album chart, Pink Floyd's 1973 classic "The Dark Side of the Moon" finally left the weekly Top 200 listing. (knightmare)
737: The Boeing 737 was first flown in 1967 and is still used by Ryanair. (GuyBarry)
738: "Don't You Just Hate That?: 738 Annoying Things" is the title of a book, which people tend to like or dislike. The 738th thing is "finishing a book not because you're enjoying it but to prove to yourself you're not a quitter". (knightmare)
739: In March 2013, 739 miles of US coastline were protected for threatened loggerhead sea turtles. (GuyBarry)
740: 740 is the field number for entering the title portion of a related work that would normally be entered under the name/heading in a catalogue entry. (Awitt)
741: The μA741 was the first trully effective integrated-circuit operational amplifier (due to having internal compensation capacitors). First introduced in 1968, despite other op-amps being introduced for specific purposes over the years, the 741 is still in production and use - something of a staggering achievement when it comes to active electronic components. (PDR)
742: Iran Air Flight 742 was a passenger flight which made an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran, on 18 October 2011. After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down. All 113 aboard survived. (GuyBarry)
743: There are exactly 743 independent sets in a 4 dimensional hypercube graph. (Awitt)
744: The Boeing 747-400 (the most successful commercial aircraft) has the short form Boeing 744. (GuyBarry)
745: The 745th odd number is 1489, or (745 x 2) - 1. The sum of the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, ..., 1483, 1485, 1487 and 1489 is 555025, or 7452. (In general, the sum of the first n odd numbers is always n2.) (knightmare)
746: State Route 746 is a north-south state highway located in central Ohio. (Awitt)
747: 747 is the bus route between Dublin Airport and Heuston Rail Station. (Alfred E Neuman)
748: The Ducati 748 was a sport bike made from 1994 to 2002. (GuyBarry)
749: A devastating earthquake known in scientific literature as the Earthquake of 749 struck on January 18, 749, with the epicentre in Galilee. The most severely affected areas were parts of Palestine and western Transjordan. (Ed.)
750: 750 Words is a website designed to encourage writers to get ideas flowing. (GuyBarry)
751: Pill imprint 751 is a drug with 10 mgs of cyclobenzaprine. IT is from the drug class of muscle relaxants. (Awitt)
752: In season 2, episode 19 of the US political thriller series Scandal, entitled "Seven Fifty-Two", the character Huck sits on the floor repeatedly saying "752, 752, 752". (GuyBarry)
753: The Trek-753 is a new generation of all in one mobile data terminals. (Big Martin)
754: 754 Malabar is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered in 1906 by August Kopff. (Strawberry)
755: In the Unix operating system, a file permission of 755 means read and execute access for everyone, and also write access for the owner of the file. (GuyBarry)
756: The UN security council's resolution 756, which aims to establish peace in the Middle East, was adopted in 1992. (Awitt)
757: The Boeing 757 is Boeing's largest single-aisle passenger aircraft. (GuyBarry)
758: Gliese 758 is a star in the northern constellation of Lyra. (Awitt)
759: Gallery 759 of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art covers the emergence of the Hudson River School, 1815-1850. (GuyBarry)
760: MoD Form 760 is the Narrative Fault Report document which triggers investigations into what are suspected to be systematic or safety/airworthiness-related faults and failures in military aircraft and related equipment. Originally governed by Chapter 303 of Defence Standard 05-123, it is one of the processes which became re-hosted into the new Military Aviation Authority governance structure (as MAP-1) as an outcome of the enquiry into the crash of Nimrod XV-230. A Form 760 can trigger anything from a quick records-check up to a technical investigation and modification programme costing tens of millions of pounds. (PDR)
761: The Bregeut 761 was the first of the company's line of "Deux Ponts" double deck aircraft. (Big Martin)
762: 762 Pulcova is a main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by Grigoriy N. Neujmin in 1913 and is named after Pulkovo Observatory, near Saint Petersburg. Pulcova is 137 km in diameter and is a C-type asteroid, which means that it is dark in colouring with a carbonate composition. (Strawberry)
763: 763 is the smallest number whose fourth power contains each digit at least once: 7634 = 338920744561. (GuyBarry)
764: Bodleian Library manuscript 764 is a bestiary of the 13th century. (Big Martin)
765: Manchester Corporation Tramways 765 is the only remaining electric tramcar from Manchester Corporation Tramways in regular operation. It is at Heaton Park, Manchester. (Strawberry)
766: You can arrange 766 dots in a pentagon with one dot in the centre and 17 surrounding layers. (GuyBarry)
767: The Boeing 767 is a mid- to large-size, long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. (Awitt)
768: When comic artist James Harvey called on his friends to redraw Japanese Akira comics with Simpsons characters, he got 768 submissions. (GuyBarry)
769: There is a bridesmaid dress with the style number 769. (Awitt)
770: Error Code 770 was a standard joke built into many avionic systems which had real-time clocks in the 1980s. It would appear (non-interruptively) 24 elapsed hours after watchdog timer "W" decremented to zero. Watchdog Timer "W" would be set to a fixed number of seconds after the completion of all production and acceptance tests - this number being either the certified life of the unit or (where the unit had no life-limit) the duration of the warranty. So it's the "one day out of warranty error". This practice was discontinued in the late 90s. (PDR)
771: In 2009, the Telegraph reported on a South Korean grandmother who had failed her driving test 771 times. (GuyBarry)
772: Area Code 772 serves the Treasure Coast of the state of Florida. (Awitt)
773: A773 is the lowest A-road number that has never been allocated in Great Britain. (GuyBarry)
774: 774 ABC Melbourne is a local radio station operating in that city. (Big Martin)
775: There are 775 rooms in Buckingham Palace. (Strawberry)
776: 776BC is a brand of sportswear endorsed by Olympic athletes. (Awitt)
777: 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley is a collection of papers written by Aleister Crowley. It was edited and introduced by Dr. Israel Regardie and is a reference book based on the Hermetic Qabalah. (Strawberry)
778: 778 is the number of ways a 5 x 1 rectangle can be surrounded by 5 x 1 rectangles. (GuyBarry)
779: RV 779 is the number for Vivaldi's sonata for violin, oboe, organ, chalumeau and continuo. (Awitt)
780: According to 2012 estimates by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, 780 million people lack access to an improved water source - approximately one in nine of the world's population. (GuyBarry)
781: The 781 series was an AC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type formerly operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later Hokkaido Railway Compny (JR Hokkaido) on limited express services in Hokkaido, Japan, between 1980 and 2007. (Strawberry)
782: Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was a great bibliophile and collector, and also a serious student of alchemy. When Ashmole died, he bequeathed funds to Oxford University to establish a library and museum (the Ashmolean). In 1858, the contents of Ashmole’s library were offered to the Bodleian. The books were catalogued, and the manuscripts were numbered and given the designation “Ashmole manuscripts.” One of these, Ashmole 782, is described as “Anthropologia, or a treatis containing a short description of Man in two parts: the first Anatomical, the second Psychological”. Its contents, and current whereabouts, are unknown. (bemahan)
783: The 783 Express line connects Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport with the city centre. (Awitt)
784: As well as being equal to 28 squared, 784 is the sum of the cubes of the first seven integers. (GuyBarry)
785: Gliese 785 is an orange dwarf star in the constellation Capricornus. At 29 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.73. The star's age is unknown but is certainly no greater than 13.5 billion years. (bemahan)
786: The Arabic letters of the opening phrase of the Qur'an sum to the numerical value 786 in the system of Abjad numerals. Muslims on the Indian subcontinent use 786 as an abbreviation for the phrasm 'bism illah ir-rahman ir-rahim' which means 'in the name of Allah, the compassionate, the merciful'. (Strawberry)
787: Japan Airlines recently grounded a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft after detecting smoke or gases that may have come from faults with the main battery. (GuyBarry)
788: SSN 788 is the number of the USS Colorado, a Virginia class submarine. (Awitt)
789: 789 is a collection of photographs taken by Katy Strange during her time as a student at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts. She photographed everyone who she'd shared a bed with over that time (although she says she only had a sexual relationship with one of them). The title refers to the number of days she spent creating the project. (GuyBarry)
790: Dow Corning 790 is a silicone building sealant that sets in the presence of atmospheric moisture. (Big Martin)
791: House of Commons Early Day Motion 791 states "that this House is deeply concerned about the imminent closure of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Newry and the plans to scale down operations in Derry and Enniskillen; recognises the vital services that are provided by these centres and their high degree of competence and expertise; acknowledges that this will result in the loss of over 130 jobs in Newry alone and cause real damage to the local economy in each area where the measures have been announced; and urges the Government to reconsider this decision and retain the centres". (GuyBarry)
792: UNESCO World Heritage Centre Ref. 792. is the historic monuments zone of Querétaro. The old colonial town of Querétaro is unusual in having retained the geometric street plan of the Spanish conquerors side by side with the twisting alleys of the Indian quarters. The Otomi, the Tarasco, the Chichimeca and the Spanish lived together peacefully in the town, which is notable for the many ornate civil and religious Baroque monuments from its golden age in the 17th and 18th centuries. (bemahan)
793: The Viking raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (GuyBarry)
794: The VP 794 is a high-performance switcher/scaler/scan converter for analog and digital video signals developed specifically for driving large screen displays. (Awitt)
795: Interstate 795 in Maryland, also known as the Northwest Expressway, is a nine-mile freeway linking Baltimore's northwestern suburbs to the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695). (GuyBarry)
796: King Offa - famous for his Dyke - died in 796 AD. (Big Martin)
797: In 2006 an email hoax circulated claiming that Boeing had developed a 1000-passenger jetliner called the "Boeing 797". It didn't exist. (GuyBarry)
798: 798 is an art zone in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, with this number coming from the factory 798 within the complex. (Awitt)
799: United Nations Security Council resolution 799, adopted unanimously on 18 December 1992, condemned the deportation of hundreds of Palestinians by Israel in the occupied territories. (GuyBarry)
800: Charlemagne was crowned by the pope on 25 December 800 and thus became emperor. (Fien)
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