Math can be fun, and there are some interesting bits of math trivia that we all can appreciate. Just like the one shared by Snehal Shekatkar, a reader of Futility Closet, which states that there are exactly 17 numbers whose prime factors add up to 17. Those numbers are enumerated above including their prime factors, which all do add up to 17.
(Image: Screenshot from Futility Closet)
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17 is also the only number where this happens. See OEIS entry A000607 . OEIS is full of pointless examples. :)
How about designing a spill-resistant keyboard? I've probably destroyed a dozen of them with my morning coffee.
(okay more like the early 80's)
Seeing how "Attenborough Design Group, a fictional organisation..." this could very well apply to an alternate reality with a different tech level.