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Pop quiz: What do " Pennsylvania 6-5000" and "Butterfield 8" refer to?
You get part marks if you answered a song by Glenn Miller , and a movie with Elizabeth Tay - lor. You get full marks, however, if you know that those are also telephone exchange names.
If you find this concept a little mystifying, perhaps it's because you're young. Telephone exchange names started to disappear about 30 years ago, when...
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