Fait général: 2048 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 2048 is the smallest non-trivial 11^{th} power.
Culture générale: 2048 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: August 9th is the day in 1965 that Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.