Something I've wanted to know, what happened on 21st January 2006?


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Old 09-03-2008   #1
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Something I've wanted to know, what happened on 21st January 2006?

What happened that was so mind-blowing that 4,109 of us logged in at 9 in the morning to have a look? Were that many people really that bored on that particular Saturday morning?
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What happened that was so mind-blowing that 4,109 of us logged in at 9 in the morning to have a look? We're that many people really that bored on that particular Saturday morning?
Maybe the servers actually allowed that many to log in at once back then??
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