Fatto generale: 12979 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fatto matematico: 12979 is an uninteresting number.
Trivia: 12979 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: July 14th is the day in 1948 that Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.