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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by einhverfr on Friday August 19, 2016 @01:03PM (#12321510)
"Hundred" used to mean different things for different commodities.

four score for some things, six score for others, or for onions, a hundred was 15^2

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Re:The 39th Root of 92 by chias on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @12:34PM (#12353239)
That is beautiful.
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