10 Fascinating Facts about Phone Numbers

Mashable (tip o'the hat NRO's The Corner) ^ | 07/05/2011 (approximately) | Amy-Mae Elliott

[jocon307]

You probably dial a few of them every day, but do you ever stop and think about the history behind a phone number? When were the first numbers introduced? How did you end up with a particular area code?

We’ve got the answers to these quandaries and more in our collection of 10 fascinating facts that you might not know about the common phone number.

[Fresh Wind]

I never personally spoke to a male operator though I suppose there were some

I've read that in the very early days, all operators were teenage boys. Supposedly, management found out quickly that such operators were unruly and unreliable, so they switched to females, and solved the problem.