Fait mathématique: 1708 is the number of permutations s of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} for which | s(i)-i | > 1 for all i.
Culture générale: 1708 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: September 3rd is the day in 1999 that an 87-automobile pile-up happens on Highway 401 freeway just East of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.