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March 23, 2024 at 12:44 pm

The “Mechanical Turk” Chess Machine Completely Fooled Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin And Many Others Into Believing It Was Real

The "Mechanical Turk" Chess Machine Completely Fooled Napoleon, Benjamin Franklin And Many Others Into Believing It Was Real

A pretty impressive con!

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