General fact: 1008 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Mathematical fact: 1008 is the number of symmetric ways to fold a strip of 16 stamps.
Trivia: 1008 is an unremarkable number.
Historical date: October 4th is the day in 1636 that the Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.