Fatto matematico: 2046 is the maximum number of pieces a torus can be cut into with 22 cuts.
Trivia: 2046 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: August 7th is the day in 1944 that IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).