Fait mathématique: 1096 is the number of subsets of {1,2,3,...,14} that have a sum divisible by 15.
Culture générale: 1096 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: December 31st is the day in 1992 that Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.