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There are varying historical accounts and interpretations, but, according to tradition, the first King of Scots was Kenneth MacAlpin, who founded the state in 843.

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Union Pacific 844 is the only steam locomotive never retired by a North American Class I railroad.
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In the 71 times table, the smallest multiplier that results in a palindrome is 845. (Source: http://oeis.org/A050782)

71 x 1 = 71
71 x 2 = 142
71 x 3 = 213
etc.
71 x 845 = 59995
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846 squared is the concatenation of two consecutive numbers: 715716.
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847 Naval Air Squadron is a Lynx Mk9 helicopter Squadron Which is part of the Royal Navy Based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton.
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848 Group is a business IT services and infrastructure company based in Stafford.
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Alfred the Great was born in 849AD
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Volvo produced 1,360,522 units of their 850 model.
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851 is US slang for "arrested by the police", coming from the common frequency band for police radios.
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852 - a vertical line on a numeric keypad. Downwards on a calculator/computer; upwards on a phone/ATM.
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853 is a blog about issues in Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath and Woolwich (where I once lived). The name comes from the local exchange code before London telephone numbers changed in 2000.
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The record for first team appearances for Tottenham Hotspur is 854 by Steve Perryman.
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855 = 7^3 + 8^3, making it the eighth centred cube number - a number representing a cube with eight points per side and intermediate points between them.
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U-856

Type
IXC/40

Ordered 5 Jun 1941
Laid down 31 Oct 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1062)
Launched 11 May 1943
Commissioned 19 Aug 1943 Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg
Commanders
19 Aug 1943 - 7 Apr 1944 Oblt. Friedrich Wittenberg
Career
1 patrol
19 Aug 1943 - 29 Feb 1944 4. Flottille (training)
1 Mar 1944 - 7 Apr 1944 2. Flottille (active service)
Successes No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Sunk 7 April, 1944 in the North Atlantic east of New York, in position 40.18N, 62.22W, by depth charges from the US destroyer USS Champlin and the US destroyer escort USS Huse. 27 dead and 28 survivors.
26 miles 385yards in 4h 14m 40s.
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[Thanks, nozzacook!]

The numbers 857 and 142 have a curious relationship: 142857 x 6 = 857142. (Also, 857 + 142 = 999.)
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