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Colgate University

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Thirteen

The Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and Colgate University was founded by thirteen men. Each offered $13 and thirteen prayers, and the Society’s Constitution contained thirteen articles. Colgate has been non-sectarian since 1938. The first two digits in Colgate’s zip code are thirteen and the last three numbers add up to thirteen (13346), the area code is 315, with a backwards thirteen inside.

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