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because 4 spoken means death or die.

To elaborate on the above, there are cultures, such as Japanese, Chinese that consider the number 4 to be unlucky, as it is 'homophonous' with the word "death" (pronounced the same, but of course different meaning). So, they tend to avoid putting and using the number 4 in anything.

They also have different superstitious beliefs when it comes to numbers.

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