math_fact: 9748 is the maximum value of n so that there exist 6 denominations of stamps so that every postage from 1 to n can be paid for with at most 14 stamps.
trivia: 9748 is an uninteresting number.
historical_date: September 8th is the day in 1727 that a barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.