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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers (europe.pub)
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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

Title text:

In 1899, people were walking around shouting '23' at each other and laughing, and confused reporters were writing articles trying to figure out what it meant.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3184/

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Teens in different countries have different funny numbers too funny enough. There is a thing influencing multiple civilizations to do this.

31 is funny in Turkey.