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That it ever did is the result of nothing more than coincidence.

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So, it would seem that there probably never was such a code.

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False- Cecil Adams from The Straight Dope went and researched this claim on 18 statues, and even giving the code the benefit of the doubt for cases like having a rear leg in the air, found that only 8 statues matched.

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