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interfixus on April 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: World's oldest person Emma Morano dies at 117

Yeah, we all remember the worldwide celebrations at the turn of the last century, 2001-01-01.

lovemenot on April 16, 2017 [–]

Some people who had to work 1/1/00 or were on call (e.g. for Y2K) did in fact celebrate the technical new millenium a year later. Probably a few pedants did too.

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