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In the Norwich South parliamentary constituency at this year's General Election, the Liberal Democrat candidate James Wright got 2841 votes.
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Adventurous accountants might like to apply for job 2842, Head of Finance based in Khartoum.

Edit for something more permanent: 2842^3 is 9-digit pandigital (22954731688).
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In order to work out who is allowed to provide youth activities, use 29 U.S. Code § 2843
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DrainBrain wrote: 27 Nov 2017, 20:25 Adventurous accountants might like to apply for job 2842, Head of Finance based in Khartoum.
No longer available, apparently...

The appropriately-named Zebra LP 2844 is a barcode printer.
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I've edited something extra into 2842.

2845 is a 2016 techno music album by Convextion.
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The Lamkopf (also Lammkopf) is a mountain, 2846 metres above the Adriatic, in the Hochkönig massif within the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies in the Zell am See in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
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DrainBrain wrote: 12 Feb 2014, 11:51 1104 is a Keith Number.
2847 is similar, but starting from its square:

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2847^2=8105409

8+1+0+5+4+0+9=27
  1+0+5+4+0+9+27=46
    0+5+4+0+9+27+46=91
      5+4+0+9+27+46+91=182
        4+0+9+27+46+91+182=359
          0+9+27+46+91+182+359=714
            9+27+46+91+182+359+714=1428
              27+46+91+182+359+714+1428=2847
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ISO 2848 is an international standard used in the construction industry, based on multiples of 300mm, which is occasionally known as a "metric foot".
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Set a thousand years after the California Gold Rush, Pulsar 2849 is a board game about exploring and mining in Space.
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28°-50° Wine Workshop & Kitchen is a wine bar and restaurant with three branches in central London: Fetter Lane in the City, Marylebone Lane, and Maddox Street in Mayfair.
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Wow! Just have a look at this marvellous Cisco 2851 Integrated Services Router!
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The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (or Three August Ones and Five Emperors) are believed to have ruled in northern China from around 2852 BC to 2070 BC.
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I bet they didn't have a Jaguar S-Type - JA-XR8-2853 fan to keep them cool.
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Issue 2854 of New Scientist magazine, dated 3 March 2012, was a special issue entitled "The Deep Future: A Guide to Humanity's next 100,000 Years". Don't you think they may have been a little over-ambitious there? Even Zager and Evans only got as far as 10,000. :wink:
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Here is a video of someone completing level 2855 of Candy Crush Saga. I didn't realise there were this many!
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