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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 137 points 1 year ago

The Easter eggs showing up is pretty solid evidence

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 84 points 1 year ago

Map makers used to do this to catch people ripping off their work, looks like dbrand made a solid decision in doing the same (though probably not intentionally)

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

I'm still bummed I can't take a vacation to Frisland :(

[-] mitchell@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

These are called fictitious entries. Dictionaries and encyclopedias do this too.

this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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