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      • Mystery number: hint

      6 December, 2012
      x is a four digit number.

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      Gopal

      28 November 2018

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      It is a number between 1000 and 9999

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      Alori bufford

      2 December 2019

      In reply to Mystwery Number by Gopal

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      1999

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