Fatto matematico: 5487 is the maximum number of pieces a torus can be cut into with 31 cuts.
Trivia: 5487 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: January 8th is the day in 1996 that an Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.