Fatto matematico: 874 is the number of positive integer solutions to (1 + 1/a)(1 + 1/b)(1 + 1/c)(1 + 1/d)(1 + 1/e) = 2.
Trivia: 874 is a boring number.
Data storica: May 23rd is the day in 1873 that the Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.