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Brazil: Jokes and the World Cup Octopus

Written byRaphael Tsavkko Garcia
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Posted 13 July 2010 15 years ago

Many Brazilian bloggers started making jokes with the ability of an octopus named Paul to “predict” the results of many matches of the 2010 FIFA Wolrd Cup, incluiding the one of the final match. The funny images can be found here, here, here and here and a website was also set up for you to also solve your online doubts.

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Written byRaphael Tsavkko Garcia

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