Fatto matematico: 2987 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Trivia: 2987 is an uninteresting number.
Data storica: March 5th is the day in 1960 that Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.