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title: 1003 is a funny number, just not funny haha
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In 1003, Erik the Red died after having ruled Greenland. Which of course, was a bad idea, color-combination-wise.

.. figure:: http://piachepiu.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/KKC4250.jpg

   Article 1003 at piachepiu.com.ar

Also a bad idea was decree 1003/89 which pardoned every "subversive" or "terrorist", including those dead or disappeared. This is after decree 1002, that pardons those who killed or disappeared them, of course.

Much milder is `decree 1003/98 <http://www.gob.gba.gov.ar/legislacion/legislacion/98-1003.html>`_ which gives an award to Roberto DeVicenzo. I wrote a program called `devicenzo <http://devicenzo.googlecode.com>`_, BTW.


.. figure:: http://sp270.fotolog.com/photo/27/20/74/linea91_150/1267667784122_f.jpg

   Car 1003 of the 56 bus.

Bug #1003 in launchpad is about launchpad, the title is "projects +search page 404" and the description is "Page not found Page not found". It's fixed.

If you search for 1003 in Google Maps, it gives you *one result*, in Latvia.

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But Bing gives you another place, in Lausanne.

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   <div id="mapviewer"><iframe id="map" scrolling="no" width="500" height="400" frameborder="0" src="http://www.bing.com/maps/embed/?v=2&amp;cp=46.52003116593283~6.630920648574845&amp;lvl=15&amp;dir=0&amp;sty=r&amp;where1=1003%2C%20Switzerland&amp;form=LMLTEW&amp;pp=46.520591735839844~6.629838943481445&amp;emid=eb9bd055-99d6-99e2-6027-783c0d8c9aab"></iframe><div id="LME_maplinks" style="line-height:20px;"><a id="LME_largerMap" href="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&amp;cp=46.52003116593283~6.630920648574845&amp;lvl=15&amp;dir=0&amp;sty=r&amp;where1=1003%2C%20Switzerland&amp;form=LMLTEW" target="_blank" style="margin:0 7px">View Larger Map</a><a id="LME_directions" href="http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&amp;cp=46.52003116593283~6.630920648574845&amp;lvl=15&amp;dir=0&amp;sty=r&amp;where1=1003%2C%20Switzerland&amp;form=LMLTEW&amp;rtp=%7Epos.46.52003116593283_6.630920648574845_Lausanne" target="_blank" style="margin:0 7px">Driving Directions</a></div></div>

1003 days ago, it was september 15th, 2002, the day of my 31st birthday.

.. figure:: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Albatross_%28American_Motor_Boat%2C_1912%29.jpg/300px-Albatross_%28American_Motor_Boat%2C_1912%29.jpg

   USS Albatross, SP-1003

Page 1003 of Gray's anatomy is about the development of the eye and contains a drawing of "the eye of an eighteen days’ embryo rabbit.".

.. figure:: http://www.visionembroidery.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=1003_Rabbit_Skin_49d05d18b2535.jpg&newxsize=240&newysize=320&fileout=

   "1003 Rabbit Skins Snap Bib" (scary!)

Page 1003 of "Familiar Quotations, 10th ed of 1919" says "We are dancing on a volcano.", attributed to the Comte de Salvandy. Alto del Zapote, in Cuba is 1003 meters tall, but is not a volcano at all.

.. figure:: http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/n1003.jpg

   NGC 1003, a diffuse spiral galaxy in Perseus.


Oh, and this blog has 1003 posts.