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The Hanover Collaboration suggests that there are similarities between a recent Reuters news capsule about hip stripper Dita Von Teese and her entry in a certain online encyclopedia. Let's take a look:

Reuters:

Disappointed with how unoriginal the other strippers performances were, Dita created a vintage-inspired look — with a beehive hairstyle and elbow-length gloves which was both confusing and fascinating to the clientele. Dita later became a fetish model and finally, a burlesque star.

Wikipedia:

Disappointed with how unoriginal all the other strippers' acts were, Dita created a vintage-inspired look, with bee-hive hairstyle and elbow-length gloves, both confusing and fascinating to the clientele. Dita later became a fetish model and, finally, a burlesque star.

We've said it before, and we'll say it again: If you're going to rip something off, rip it from something offline. It'll take at least an extra week for people to discover it.

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