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History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days ago

Yes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999

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Yes, the NSA really did ban Furby from its premises in 1999

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History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days ago

In case you were wondering, yes, GCHQ banned them too. This incident also led to one of the funniest FAA papers ever.

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