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In April 1977, as a joke, the British newspaper The Guardian published... »

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In April 1977, as a joke, the British newspaper The Guardian published a seven-page supplement about a fictional island nation called San Serriffe. It fooled quite a few readers, which is surprising, since it’s essentially a series of bad puns about typography:

  • There are two main islands,…
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    Bad puns, indeed.
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