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United Airlines Flight 2885 was a scheduled cargo flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles, with stopover in Detroit. On January 11, 1983, a DC-8 operating Flight 2885 crashed after take-off from Detroit, killing all three of the crew.
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Now if I had hair, I'd be very keen to use the BaByliss 2886u 'Big Hair Petite' Styler!!!!

But I don't, so that's the end of that... :(
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In October 2006, 2887 ecstasy tablets were intercepted at the Auckland International Mail Centre in a joint operation between New Zealand Customs officials and the New Zealand Police.
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The website at http://aa2888.net/ looks a bit dodgy to me from visiting that exact address. It is registered to a domains by proxy company in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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[Your formatting needs fixing!]

In the Year 2889 is a 1967 made-for-television, post-apocalyptic science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war.
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[Finally a game where I understand the rules!]

Hunslet 2890 has led an exciting life: first as an austerity locomotive in WWII, then owned by the Coal Board, private owners and railway lines, before modification to become No 10 'Douglas', "one of the friends of a famous blue engine".
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EastActionWoman wrote: 29 Sep 2019, 19:41 [Finally a game where I understand the rules!]
Welcome! There have been more posts in the thread today than for the whole of the rest of the month, so keep it up :wink:

The Earth's lower mantle is the region from approximately 660 to 2891 km below the Earth's surface.
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Thought I ought to revive this section of the forum, as it's not had many posts recently, and so I will tell you that the ETA 2892 is an automatic winding 21 jewel-movement for use in watchmaking.
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Writing out the integers from 1 to 1000 inclusive requires 2893 digits in total.
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2894 is a novel written in 1894 by Walter Browne, describing a society of "dominant women and submissive men". Sounds pretty radical for its time!
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GuyBarry wrote: 20 Sep 2020, 20:34 2894 is a novel written in 1894 by Walter Browne, describing a society of "dominant women and submissive men". Sounds pretty radical for its time!
Reminds me of the Two Ronnies sketch "The Worm That Turned"
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I'm not sure whether 2895 or 2896 should be in this post, so shall I cleverly attempt to cover both bases?

Here's a letter which does just that. It's a Freedom of Information request. Or is it two?

Whatever, the request references on the letter are FOI-2895 and FOI-2896.
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Given that covers both numbers, I shall tell you that the address of the St Charles, MO branch of Walmart, along with the First Community Credit Union, is 2897 Veterans Memorial Parkway
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51841/2898 is an uncannily close approximation to the square root of 320. Put it in a calculator if you don't believe me.
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