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by boilerupnc 1309 days ago
Related: Here’s a number many wish they didn’t have.

867-5309 [0]

[0] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/867-5309-jenny/

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What does it mean that many wish they didn't have it? How do multiple have the same number?

Edit: And in case you thought I misinterpreted him the article says "The biggest complaints about the new phone exchange come from Nina Clemente '03 and Jahanaz Mirza '03, the two students with the telephone number 867-5309."

Anyway if I had that number I would try to sell it to only fans or something like that lmao.

It is only seven digits, so it doesn't start with a 3-digit area code. In the past, seven digit phone numbers in the United States would just default to whatever area code you were calling from. Now we need to enter all ten digits, area code included, due to mobile phones and such. That number could, and does, exist for many US area codes.
> How do multiple have the same number?

Up to 335 people have that number [1].

[1] https://www.twilio.com/docs/glossary/north-american-area-cod...