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It seems funny now, but 25 years ago Y2K paranoia had many fearing the worst

It seems funny now, but 25 years ago Y2K paranoia had many fearing the worst

The so-called "millennium bug" led many to predict a meltdown of critical infrastructure when the calendar changed from 1999 to 2000.

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