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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are separated in age by 869 days – the exact same age difference that exists between their fathers.
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Urzzz1871 wrote:Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are separated in age by 869 days – the exact same age difference that exists between their fathers.
[That should read "...between their sons", I think.]

870 is the "magic constant" of a 12x12 normal magic square - i.e. the numbers in each row, column and main diagonal add up to 870.
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List of all U-boats
U-871

Type
IXD2

Ordered 25 Aug 1941
Laid down 14 Nov 1942 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1079)
Launched 7 Sep 1943
Commissioned 15 Jan 1944 Kptlt. Erwin Ganzer
Commanders
15 Jan 1944 - 26 Sep 1944 Erwin Ganzer
Career
1 patrol
15 Jan 1944 - 31 Jul 1944 4. Flottille (training)
1 Aug 1944 - 26 Sep 1944 12. Flottille (active service)
Successes No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Sunk 26 Sept, 1944 north-west of the Azores, in position 43.18N, 36.28W, by depth charges from a British B-17 Fortress aircraft (Sqdn 220/P). 69 dead (all hands lost).
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As I'm sure hopeful traveller already knows, 872 songs have been submitted to be the Danish entry in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.
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You can buy a 2.5L tub of Evo Stik 873 Flooring Adhesive for £11.12 with free super saver delivery. Bargain!
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Windows 874

This table is provided to help developers move their applications to Unicode. Using Unicode is recommended in preference to any code page because it has better language support and is less ambiguous than any of the code pages.

For guidance about what Unicode is and how to migrate your applications to use it, please see the Globalization Step-by-Step: Unicode Enabled article.
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nozzacook wrote:Windows 874

This table is provided to help developers move their applications to Unicode. Using Unicode is recommended in preference to any code page because it has better language support and is less ambiguous than any of the code pages.

For guidance about what Unicode is and how to migrate your applications to use it, please see the Globalization Step-by-Step: Unicode Enabled article.
[I had to Google to find out what you were referring to - it appears to be the set of character codes for the Thai language.)

0.875 is exactly equal to seven-eighths.
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You need to complete form 876 in order to apply for a transit visa for Australia.
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A record 877 km of traffic jams were recorded on French roads at 12.30pm on 17th August this year.
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USS Vesole (DD-878) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named for Ensign Kay K. Vesole USN (1913–1943), killed in action during an air raid at Bari, Italy on 2 December 1943, and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
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United Nations Security Council resolution 879, adopted unanimously on 29 October 1993, reiterated the importance of the Rome General Peace Accords and extended the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique.
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Not counting reflections and rotations there are 880 distinct 4x4 magic squares: http://oeis.org/A006052

Additionally, there are 880 distinct 3x3 magic squares whose entries are all distinct positive integers less than 23: http://oeis.org/A108576
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881 is a 2007 Singaporean musical-comedy-drama film written and directed by Royston Tan, about two good friends with a love for the Getai culture.
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U.S. non-agricultural goods exports to Kazakhstan in 2012 were $882 million, up 7% ($57 million) from 2011.
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883 was an Italian pop rock duo active from 1989 to 2003.
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