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Why Would Someone Spend $3,000 On 30 Phone Numbers?

Phone numbers are intangible, frivolous things. No one in their right mind would collect them, right? Wrong. Meet Dennis Mykytyn, the man who purchased 30 coveted phone numbers with 212 area codes for $US100 a pop in 2007. Yes, this guy spent $US3,000 on phone numbers.


August 13, 2011
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New York Times’ Infamous 111-111-1111 Phone Number Is Dead

Whenever anyone got a phone call from 1111111111, it wasn’t a telemarketer, it wasn’t because their phone was broken, it wasn’t a call from God, instead, it was the New York Times calling. Anytime anyone made a call from inside the New York Times headquarters, ‘The Ones’ would show up on the caller ID.