Fatto generale: 1294 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 1294 is the number of 4 dimensional polytopes with 8 vertices.
Trivia: 1294 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: July 17th is the day in 1976 that the opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.