News plagiarism sites run real stories through thesaurus to avoid detection, to hilarious effect

I remember when a British tabloid was covering the news coming out about the amazing tool-making capabilities of a certain population of crows, and they went somewhat thesaurus-happy. The problem was, they started off by leaving out a crucial letter. So the final story had all sorts of variations of sentences describing amazing “tool-using heifers” and “brainy bovines.”

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