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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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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Missing "about three-fitty"

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] elephantium@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Dammit Loch Ness monster...

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

true I misspelled that :/

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'm not a mathematican, but