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The Guardian - UK
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Is it possible that 3 is the most common number in UK street addresses?

The bright-yellow door of a brick house. Next to the door is the number 31
In demand … Photograph: Don White/Getty Images/iStockphoto

I tried recently to buy sticky vinyl numbers for a new wheelie bin. At two stores, I could find every number from 0 to 9 except the number 3, which I wanted. Is it possible that 3 could be more common in UK street addresses than other numbers?
John Gorrill at No 31, Oxford

Post your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A selection will be published next Sunday.

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