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010 = Heat Fighting and Typewriting

A Problem Squared

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The Importance of Zero in Typewriters

A listener tweeted us to say that it is actually written as 007. Back in the day, typewriters did not have a zero, which meant that when you were writing on a typewriter, you had to use an O. That might explain why it's branded as 007 in the books. And Matt, we talked about this. You said, I've got typewriters. I'll take a look at them. And I'm interested to see what they found.

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