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-[[Image:Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) - New York Zoological Society]]+[[Image:Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society.jpg|thumb|200px|Given enough time, a [[chimpanzee]] punching at [[random]] on a [[typewriter]] would [[almost surely]] type out all of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] plays.
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-''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) is a [[photo]] taken by the [[New York Zoological Society]] depicting a [[chimpanzee]] sitting at a [[typewriter]]. The photo in later times was used to illustrate the [[infinite monkey theorem]].+''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) is a [[photo]] taken by the [[New York Zoological Society]], depicting a [[chimpanzee]] sitting at a [[typewriter]]. In later times, the photo has been used to illustrate the [[infinite monkey theorem]].
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Photo: Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society

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Chimpanzee Typing (1907) is a photo taken by the New York Zoological Society, depicting a chimpanzee sitting at a typewriter. In later times, the photo has been used to illustrate the infinite monkey theorem.

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