Fatto matematico: 8545 is the number of ways to stack 36 boxes in a line so that each box lies on the table or on a box next to 2 boxes.
Trivia: 8545 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: May 24th is the day in 1958 that United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.