Fait mathématique: 17946 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Culture générale: 17946 is an unremarkable 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.