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Chess

Gorilla tactics

7 May 2022

9:00 AM

7 May 2022

9:00 AM

There is a video in which a small group of students amble about passing a basketball back and forth. The instruction at the start is to count how many times the players pass the basketball. Then comes the punchline – did you see the gorilla?

Halfway through, a figure in a gorilla suit walks through the middle of the scene, beats its chest and walks off.

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