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kkaos84 t1_j1kzpge wrote

Reply to comment by Stabika in nobody asked by Stabika

A rotary numpad! Amazing. I'll add that to the list of things I never knew I needed.

I would say his job does not involve a significant amount of numeric data entry though. That may take him a while.

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sedwards65 t1_j1rdc03 wrote

Fun fact. (AFAIK it's true.)

One of the factors for assigning area codes in the NANP was population -- with heavily populated areas getting codes that took less time to dial. Except 201 which the Bell Labs engineers 'took' for themselves.

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