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YES, THE 499TH PAGE IS TRUE. IT SAYS "EXACTLY 499 PAGES IN THIS BOOK ARE FALSE." WITH THIS PAGE TRUE, THE OTHER 499 PAGES ARE FALSE, FULFILLING THE STATEMENT THE BOOK COSTS $2. LET THE COST BE X. WE KNOW THAT: X = 1 + X/2 SOLVING FOR X WILL GIVE 2 THEY STOLE 301 DIAMONDS IN TOTAL. WE NEED A NUMBER THAT IS A MULTIPLE OF 7 THAT WILL GIVE A REMAINDER OF 1 WHEN DIVIDED BY 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6. THE LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE OF THESE NUMBERS IS 60. SO, WE NEED A MULTIPLE OF 7 THAT IS 1 GREATER THAN A MULTIPLE OF 60. 60 + 1 = 61, NOT A MULTIPLE OF 7 60 X 2 + 1 = 121, NOT A MULTIPLE OF 7 60 X 3 + 1 = 181, NOT A MULTIPLE OF 7 60 X 4 + 1 = 241, NOT A MULTIPLE OF 7 60 X 5 + 1 = 301, A MULTIPLE OF 7 IT WAS SPOKEN ON WEDNESDAY. "WHEN THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW BECOMES YESTERDAY", LET THE DAY BE (A). LET "TWO DAYS AFTER THAT DAY" BE (B). (A) AND (B) ARE TWO DAYS APART AND EQUALLY FAR FROM SUNDAY, SO THEY MUST BE SATURDAY AND MONDAY, MEANING THE ORIGINAL DAY WAS WEDNESDAY