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Welche Stadt gibt es laut einem bekannten Internet-Scherz angeblich gar nicht?

Translation: According to a well-known internet joke, which city supposedly does not exist?

  • A Bochum
  • ✓ Bielefeld Your answer
  • C Bremerhaven
  • D Braunschweig

Correct!

Der Scherz entstand 1994 in einem Usenet-Forum und wurde zu einem Dauerbrenner im Netz. Bielefeld in Nordrhein-Westfalen ist natürlich eine echte Stadt mit über 300.000 Einwohnern.

The joke started in 1994 in a Usenet forum and became an evergreen online. Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia is of course a real city with more than 300,000 residents.

Source: Wikipedia „Bielefeld-Verschwörung“

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