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Google Books Whale Fail

  • Scott BealeScott Beale
  • December 6, 2010

Whale Fail

When Google Books can’t find the page you are looking for, it gives you a lovely Whale Fail error page, an obvious tribute to Twitter’s famous Fail Whale.

[via Hacker News]

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