General fact: 149 is the number of goals a Madagascar soccer team scored against itself after the coach argued a call, and players kicked the ball into their own net 149 times.
Mathematical fact: 149 is the smallest number whose square begins with three 2's.
Trivia: 149 is the number of legal proceedings against 149 communists in Estonia in 1924.
Historical date: May 28th is the day in 1995 that the Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.