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		nyolfen on Dec 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The "Bush hid the facts" bug my favorite thing about this is the apparent fact that someone typed "bush hid the facts" into a notepad document then saved it. "oh man, this is big... better write this down..."

flashman on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

More likely someone realised you could apparently type any 4-3-3-5 string, then came up with that text as a prank.

x1798DE on Dec 8, 2015 | | [–]

I imagine they just created it as a minimal working example once they realized the source of the bug.

pilsetnieks on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

Reminds me of this crap: http://gizmodo.com/wingdings-predicted-9-11-a-truthers-tale-...

wwwet on Dec 8, 2015 | [–]

Yeah except that "Bush hid the facts" is entirely true.

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