Number enthusiasts may be looking to the new year with a touch of melancholy. Another perfect square like 2025 (45 2 = 2,025) won’t occur again until 2116 (46 2 = 2,116). The year 2027 will be a prime number. By comparison, our current year, 2026, seems almost boring. But that’s a misconception.

What’re the odds? Luck? Coincidence? Florida, California, Mega Millions lottery drawings had 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 consecutive numbers.

According to data from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, total crashes across Central Florida fell by nearly 4% in 2025 compared to 2024. Despite that decline, fatal crashes remained virtually unchanged, pointing to a growing concern that crashes may be becoming more severe, not less frequent.

The winning numbers in Sunday's drawing of the "Washington Match 4" game were: 3, 14, 16, 20 (three, fourteen, sixteen, twenty)