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‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I remember doing international support as a youngling, and asking my co-worker what the calling code was for the US.
"+1"
'Haha, no, really, what is it?'
Checks internet
Makes the tea once everyone has finished laughing

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

TIL the 1 at the beginning of numbers designates that they are US based