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Comma Costs Millions

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2ffat

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I know we've talked about things like this before but here's another from Snope's.


James P. Cottingham
[sup]I'm number 1,229!
I'm number 1,229![/sup]
 
Not as many cited sources as I normally would like but I trust Snopes. Pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

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Did not Pithia in ancient Greece answered to a warriour, who came and asked her to foresee the result of a battle, something like "You die not (you) win". So the foreseen result was entirely comma dependant.
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