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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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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Dressed to the nines no less.

We better 86 it with all this numbers business tho.