1. Keiko weighed six tons and died at the age of 27. His name means ‘lucky one’ in Japanese.
2. After the success of the film, he was moved by the US Air Force to a luxury aquarium in Oregon.
TODAY'S date is 11.12.13. This is the last time the date will consist of three consecutive numbers in ascending order until February 1, 2103.
1. December 11 is also the 345th day of the year, which is a similar set of three ascending digits.
2. In the USA, they write the date as 12.11.13, so they will have to wait until December 13, 2014, to celebrate three ascending digits.
3. In 2011, the date of December 30 was omitted in Samoa as a result of its decision to change sides of the international date line.
4. In 1712, February had 30 days in Sweden as it changed from the Julian to Gregorian calendar.
5. November 2 is the only date that was the birthday of two US presidents: Warren Harding (born 1865) and James Polk (1795).
6. July 4 is the only date on which three US presidents died: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (both 1826) and James Monroe (1831).
7. UK prime ministers Ramsay MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain both died on November 9, in 1937 and 1940 respectively…
8. And November 9 this year was the last date until March 1, 2105 with three consecutive odd numbers.
9. And December 12 next year will be the last with three consecutive even numbers until April 2, 2106.
10. No UK prime minister has ever died in June.
1. St Nicholas was born in the city of Patara and lived in Myra, both of which were in Lycia, now in Turkey. He died aged 73 on December 6, 343.
1. 2013 is the first year since 1432 that is a rearrangement of four consecutive numbers.
2. 2013 is also the 250th anniversary of 1763, which was the year London adopted house numbers.
1. The oldest known chairs were ceremonial furniture from An1cient Egypt 5,000 years ago.
2. Chairs came into common use only in the 16th century. We sat on benches or stones before that.
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