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Celerity

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2. I already see 2 errors:
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:22 AM
Nov 24

It says:

A cadre of outsiders is also looking to upset the establishments’ apple cart – like 25-year-old Mark Chaaban, the son of Lebanese immigrants who fled civil war in their home country in the 1980s for North Jersey.

“ First run for congress. First run for any elected office. And if elected, I believe I'll be the first member of Congress born in the 21st century,” Chaaban said in an interview.


1. His first name is Marc, not Mark.

https://ballotpedia.org/Marc_Chaaban

2. He was born in 2000, which is the last year of the 20th century and the previous millennium. The 21st century started on January 1st, 2001, as did the new, current millennium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_century

The 21st century is the current century in the Anno Domini or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 (MMI), and will end on 31 December 2100 (MMC). It is the first century of the 3rd millennium.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium

The third millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era is the current millennium spanning the years 2001 to 3000. It began on January 1, 2001 (MMI) and will end on December 31, 3000 (MMM)

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