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That's interesting. I also read it as "Four", but now I look at it and it reads "five". Could be some brain trick.


Interesting, same here, perhaps we actually processed the numeral in the child comment subconsciously while reading the written-out five in the parent.


Or the numeral in the buy price.


This seems more plausible, because the initial comment only had that one.


> only had that one.

Did it?

The deal of the century was when SAIC bought Network Solutions for $4.7M in 1995. Five years later, they sold it to VeriSign for $21B.


You misunderstood.

He couldn't see a comment on his own post because it wasn't written yet. He could only see the $4.7M which you quoted.


Same for me. Very interesting. Non-native speaker from mobile device


Same. Fascinating.


Same, must be a caching issue with that 4 in the sentence before (F our F ive)... hail mary attempt at explanation.




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