Fait général: 1144 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 1144 is the number of non-invertible knots with 12 crossings.
Culture générale: 1144 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: February 17th is the day in 1996 that NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.