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TIL the Chaos Computer Club in France was a fake hacker organisation setup by the government in 1989. They fully committed to the operation, even publishing seventy-three issues of their members' magazine.

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knZd TIL that “Koko, a female gorilla trained in sign language, once tore a steel sink out of its moorings. When her handlers confronted her, Koko signed ‘cat did it’ and pointed at her innocent pet kitten.”
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