Node 1 is the nodetype nodetype (yes, Everything is crazily circular at this level), and was officaly created Oct 04, 1999 at 18:34. Anyway, see The True Catacombs of Perlmonks for more on this fascinating topic. (Of course, now that I'm a pmdevil, it's a lot more spooky and unknowable, but it's still quite interesting.)
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