Fatto generale: 196 is the height of Mount Victoria, Wellington, a prominent hill near Wellington, New Zealand.
Fatto matematico: 196 is the smallest number that is not known to reach a palindrome when repeatedly added to its reverse.
Trivia: 196 is the population density in square kilometers of Italy, the fifth-highest population density in Europe.
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.