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[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago

In Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, the number of thieves wasn't really necessarily 40. The number was likely just chosen because 40 was an exaggerated number, much like when we'd say "I've told you a hundred million times". So 40 as a shorthand for "a huge amount" seems fitting in celcius.

[-] cosmin@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago

What about 101 Dalmatians?

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

How did the mother dog (no I'm not gonna use that word) not die?

[-] cosmin@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

The puppies did not have the same mother. Cruella had been collecting them from all over the place.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

Ohhhhhh.... you just cleared up something I believed for 20 years

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This fairy tale is collected in a frame story in One Thousand and One Nights. Maybe the number of nights were also exaggerated...

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