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Remote desert town's bizarre welcome sign leaves mathematicians scratching their heads

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 09, 2024
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Grab your calculators and head for New Cuyama, California — a spunky little desert hamlet proudly displaying a sign that's either a mathematical cry for help or a ruse to scare away city folk who want to buy up the houses and Airbnb them to tourists interested in looking at Carrizo Plain National Monum…

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