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Fatto matematico: 87842 is an unremarkable number.
Trivia: 87842 is an unremarkable number.
Data storica: July 2nd is the day in 963 that the imperial army proclaims Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea.