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Phil Andrade
London
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This weekend I attended a history conference.
While carousing with the friends there, I was asked :
“ What do the numbers 11111118 mean to you in regard to World War One ? “
It didn’t take long for me to answer :
“ The eleventh hour , of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 and the Armistice .”
The response took me back : it was the registration number on the plate on the car that was occupied by The Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife at Sarajevo on June 28 1914 !
Regards, Phil
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"That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress."
Earl of Sandwich and John Wilkes
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Brian Grafton
Victoria
BC Canada
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Phil, that kind of thing is mind-boggling to me as well. Just as astonishing is the idea that you would know the registration number of the Archduke’s car!
In general, there will be a mathematician or statistician who will probably say the chances were 1 in 15 that the two numbers would be identical.
Cheers
Brian G
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"We have met the enemy, and he is us." Walt Kelly.
"The Best Things in Life Aren't Things" Bumper sticker.
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Wazza
Sydney
Australia
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Wow.
That's a little creepy in a fascinating historical way!
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GaryNJ
Cumberland
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Fascinating. Here is an article from four years ago on this.
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Gary
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