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A photo of a cake with 8 candles in a row. The first and fifth candle from the right are lit. The caption reads "Happy 17th Birthday"

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[โ€“] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just curious since you seem knowledgeable, is there a connection between those societies? Or is it just chance they both choose 8?

[โ€“] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago

I am not knowledgeable about this, I just checked the Wikipedia page to confirm my understanding of the joke and found these very interesting historical uses.