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TIL: There was an activist group in the UK named Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, or CIRCA in 2003-2005. In 2005, a clown gathering prompted the deployment of 10,000 officers. The group declined after operation HA.HA.HAA (Helping Authorities House Arrest Half-witted Authoritarian Androids).

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