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		ternaryoperator on Dec 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Formula for the Number of Days in Each Month Of course, if you change the poem that gives you the correct number of days per month, then you won't get the right answer. That doesn't make the correct poem "bullshit."

Dylan16807 on Dec 6, 2014 [–]

It means that the poem is not very resilient. It's pretty easy to misremember.

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