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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

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xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

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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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    67 is the police code for a homocide. Kids just didn’t understand it and thought it referred to something else.

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      I thought that’s 187

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        In California it’s 187.

        And now I gotta listen to sublime

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