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stewey | 18:14 Sun 09th Dec 2012 | ChatterBank
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Did you know that 999 is used as an emergency number in 18 other countries, or jurisdictions, apart from the UK?...Fascinating, wot?
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Wow!
18:15 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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Interesting.
18:16 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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Do you know why it started as 999. It was (I once read) so that in a smoke filled or darkened room on a telephone with a dial, you could locate the 9 as it was next to the dial stop.
18:17 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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I always wondered why they picked 9 until I read the article.
18:19 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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Now that ^^ is interesting!
18:19 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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If they had used 666 instead would it be a direct line to hell ?.
18:22 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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And the system was developed because of a devastating fire in Wimpole St., London.
18:22 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_%28emergency_telephone_number%29
18:25 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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If it's in Wiki it must be true!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/999_(emergency_telephone_number)
18:25 Sun 09th Dec 2012

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