6989 = 29 x 241.
6989 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 6989 = 102 + 832 = 502+ 672.
6989 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 69892 = 16602 + 67892 = 19892 + 67002.
6989 is a divisor of 308 - 1.
6989 has the property that the concatenation of its prime factors in increasing order is a square: 29241 = 1712.
6989 "Wightwick Hall," currently being restored, was the second last steam locomotive to be commissioned by the Great Western Railway Company before British Railways took over.
