Number 867 facts

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Ismail Ibn Sharif, second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty had 867 children, widely considered to be the record number of offspring that can be verified.

867-5309 has been disabled as a working phone number in 95% of US area codes

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1. Moulay Ismaïl King of Morocco (1672-1727) is alleged to have fathered a total of 867 children, widely considered the record number of offspring for any man throughout history that can be verified.

2. Because of an overwhelming number of prank calls related to the song "Jenny" by Tommy Tutone, the phone number 867-5309 has been non-assigned for all but 20 area codes in North America.

3. Jenny's phone number, 867-5309, is a prime number, a twin prime, and the hypotenuse of a Pythagorean triple

4. Moroccan king Moulay Ismaïl had fathered a total of 867 children, including 525 sons and 342 daughters, was noted by 1703 and his 700th son was born in 1721. It is estimated that he had 2,000 concubines.This is the record number for any man throughout the history

5. In 2011, the Mayo Clinic released a public service announcement "Jenny please watch your numbers, Blood pressure, lipids and BMI", as an online music video which used portions of the 1982 original, including the number, 867-5309

6. People have bid thousands of dollars and there have been offers up to a million dollars to have the phone number 867-5309.

7. People sign up for store rewards programs using the phone number number 867-5309 (Jenny) with such frequency / abundance that many stores nationwide will accept it as a "forgot my card; here's my phone number instead" excuse

8. In 2004 resident Spencer Potter acquired 867-5309 hoping it would improve his DJ business. Unable to handle the overwhelming volume of calls, he sought to sell the number on eBay in February 2009. The bids reached up to $1 million.