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Re:Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply (2019) by wetmore on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @08:51PM (#23923117)
Neat seeing 1729 show up there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1729_(number)

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Re:Mathematicians discover a perfect way to multiply (2019) by perl4ever on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:02AM (#23924073)
Wikipedia also says that 1729 was the year of the largest/brightest comet ever seen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_of_1729

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