Fatto generale: 59 is the number on a button commonly worn by feminist activists in the 1970s (based on the claim that a woman earned 59 cents to an equally qualified man's dollar).
Fatto matematico: 59 is the number of stellations of an icosahedron.
Trivia: 59 is the number corresponding to the last second in a given minute.
Data storica: February 28th is the day in 1998 that First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.