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Nothing surprising.<\/p>\n
2 followed 1.<\/p>\n
8 followed 7.<\/p>\n
57 preceded 56.<\/p>\n
But then I get to 69, and 89. All at once the sequence disrupted and I faced a 20-count gap. How could this be?<\/p>\n
Aha, the 69 is no 69, nor is the 89 89. These are some perfectly inverted numbers that conspiracists would say deliberately exist to sow confusion.<\/p>\n
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