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Why was six afraid of seven?

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Why was six afraid of seven?

Because seven ate nine.

A well-known joke retold in our own words.

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Who told it first?

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Unknown

Told everywhere in slightly different wordings. We have not found its earliest printed source yet, so we cannot say who told it first - and we do not claim nobody did.

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