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Lateral with Tom Scott

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The Case of Serif v. Calibri

The defense knew that the document from the year 2000 was fake because the font it was written in had not been invented yet. But this is basically a pro tip for all you real forgers out there. Gotta use Comic Sans. I looked it up. If they had used Comic Sans, Comic Sans had been invented, I believe, in 1994 and 1990. So they would have gone away if you had just, if you had only, but you looked down on Comic Sans. It couldn't save you. Next one's from me, folks. Good luck.

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