Fatto matematico: 1038 is the number of ways to stack 29 pennies in contiguous rows so that each penny lies on the table or on two pennies.
Trivia: 1038 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: November 3rd is the day in 361 that Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.