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Tourism

Gift Shops Rush Out ‘I Survived the AI Map’ Tea Towels

Collectors' edition shows Auchterarder in three places at once.

A tea towel, inaccurate.

A tea towel, inaccurate. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, “Tea towel, souvenir (AM 10223-1)”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

PERTH — Fictional gift shops report strong demand for tea towels commemorating the AI map, featuring towns in the wrong places and a small printed apology in the corner.

“It’s the perfect present,” said a fictional retailer. “Useful, washable, geographically chaotic.”

Real navigation aids sold separately.

The real story: Fictional.

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