Count to 1,000

[Rodafina]

 

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[Loren]

 

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Comedy 23/6 was the name given to HuffPost's satirical news website. It is now simply a section on their site, with no independent name.

 

[Rodafina]

 

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The Stela of Canopus (or the Decree of Canopus). This trilingual document, promulgated in 238 BC, has been crucial in deciphering these ancient scripts.

 

[Rodafina]

 

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240 is a really cool number mathematically; I only understand a little of the points that Wikipedia has to say about it. Two of them:

It has twenty divisors - the most of any number that small.

It's a pronic number, meaning that you can multiply two consecutive numbers - 15 and 16 - to get it as the product.

 

[RESleight]

 

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[Rodafina]

 

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Hwando was a fortress built into the mountains of Goguryeo, a Korean kingdom. It was invaded by the state of Wei in 244 CE and sacked. Its ruins, in present-day Jilin province, China, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

[Rodafina]

 

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Player 246 - Park Gyeong-seok - in Squid Game. The loving father of an ill daughter, he was shot at the end of Season 2, but viewers speculate about whether he was killed. (Disclaimer: I've watched zero seconds of the show.)

 

[Rodafina]

 

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According to the Talmud, a man has 248 limbs. Most of what those rabbis were calling "limbs" are actually bones. Correspondingly, Jews must observe 248 positive commandments (rules that include action; there are also 365 negative commandments - actions that we must not take.) A woman has 252 limbs.

 

[Rodafina]

Spoiler: DIN rail stopper

 

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Next year...

 

[Rodafina]

 

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(It's an electric welder.)