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On the other hand, the B798 does exist. It's a link road in Dumfries & Galloway between Leswalt and Ervie.
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United Nations Security Council resolution 799, adopted unanimously on 18 December 1992, condemned the deportation of hundreds of Palestinians by Israel in the occupied territories.
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The Atari 800 cost $999.95 when it came out in 1979
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801 were an English experimental rock band formed in 1976, involving Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno from Roxy Music.
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There are 802 isomers of the compound C13H28, known as tridecane. The straight-chain form of this is found in nature as a defensive fluid employed by the nymphs of the Southern Green Stink Bug.
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The Elliott 803 is a small, medium speed digital computer which was manufactured by the British company Elliott Brothers in the 1960s.
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The Porsche 804 was a Formula One car produced in 1962.
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805 is the number of possible positions in draughts (checkers) after four moves. [Source: http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html]
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806AD Vikings kill all of the inhabitants of Iona, Scotland.
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The 807 is a beam tetrode vacuum tube, widely used in audio- and radio-frequency power amplifier applications.
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808 looks the same if you turn it upside down.
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There's a tiny church in the Glengarry village of Tomdoun. The area's STD code ends in 809.
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The Intel i810 was a chipset released in 1999.
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The Mercedes 811D- A popular type of minibus in the 1990s.

These were like Marmite- you either liked them or hated them- me definately the latter. What made Mercedes build such an awful bus is beyond me.
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The A812 is very short - linking Dumbarton town centre with the A82.
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