General fact: 1521 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Mathematical fact: 1521 is the smallest number that can be written as the sum of 4 distinct cubes in 3 ways.
Trivia: 1521 is a boring number.
Historical date: February 29th is the day in 1504 that Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.