LTG Episode 17: 17 too

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A mild swear word in Swedish. The origin is debated, and is commonly used as "sjutton ocksÄ!" ("seventeen, too!"). It can roughly be translated to "Darn!". It is of course also used for the number 17

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  • Described at MIT as 'the least random number', according to hackers' lore. This is supposedly because in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

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