Fatto matematico: 8688 is the number of possible configurations of pegs (up to symmetry) after 26 jumps in solitaire.
Trivia: 8688 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: October 14th is the day in 1913 that Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, occurs, and it claims the lives of 439 miners.