Fait général: 1285 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 1285 is the number of 9-ominoes.
Culture générale: 1285 is an unremarkable number.
Date historique: July 8th is the day in 1896 that William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.