Fatto matematico: 6985 is the smallest number that can be written as the sum of 3 or more consecutive squares, or as the sum of 3 or more consecutive cubes.
Trivia: 6985 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: February 14th is the day in 2000 that the spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.