Talk:999 phone charging myth

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A fact from 999 phone charging myth appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 June 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that contrary to the urban myth, dialing 999 does not charge mobile phone batteries?

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¡Stupid mouth-breathers![edit]

¡These idiots me-tooing like brain-dead AOLers, recording videos in portrait-orientation, trying to charge their phones in microwave-ovens, committing word-crimes, trying to charge their phones by calling emergency-numbers, et cetera should not be allowed to breed! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.93.141.213 (talk) 22:58, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]