Fatto matematico: 49888 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Trivia: 49888 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: August 2nd is the day in 1869 that Japan's samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinōkōshō) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.