187 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

187 is also:

• The year AD 187 or 187 BC
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unoctseptium
• 187 Lamberta is a large and dark main belt asteroid
• California Proposition 187 1994 designed to prohibit benefits to illegal immigrants
• Minuscule 187 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment
• 187 is the number of the California Penal Code section describing murder. It has come into general use among gangs in the United States as a synonym for murder, and this usage has passed into popular culture via gangsta rap, such as:
  • The title of the film One Eight Seven
  • The Senses Fail’s 2002 song “One Eight Seven” on From the Depths of Dreams CD
  • TNA wrestler Nelson Erazo, known by his ring name “Homicide” or “Notorious 187”
  • The 2005 video game 187 Ride or Die for PlayStation 2 and the Xbox
  • The line "It's One Eighty Eight minus One, you know the figure," in the Hollywood Undead song, "Apologize"
  • The line "It's about coming up, and staying on top, and screaming one-eight-seven on a motherfuckin' cop," referring to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots in the Sublime (band) song, "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
• Sesame Street muppet Count von Count's favourite number, 34969, is 187x187 (1872), speculated in a BBC mathematics programme to be a reference between Count Dracula and the Californian murder code
• The total value of all the tiles in a standard English Scrabble set is 187.