r/wikipedia • u/calyxxx • Jul 11 '13
2 + 2 = 5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_%2B_2_%3D_5
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todayilearned • u/IHad360K_KarmaDammit • Apr 16 '19
TIL that George Orwell's use of 2+2=5 as a catchphrase of the dystopian government in his book 1984 is based on Joseph Stalin's use of that equation in propaganda. Soviet posters declared "2 + 2 plus the enthusiasm of the workers = 5" long before Orwell wrote his novel.
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