General fact: 5698 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Mathematical fact: 5698 is the smallest number whose 8^{th} power starts with 5 identical digits.
Trivia: 5698 is an uninteresting number.
Historical date: August 7th is the day in 1998 that the United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.