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Why is the curiosity of automatic spelling called the Cupertino effect?

In the dictionaries of early versions of spell-checking systems for text editors, the English word for "cooperation" was contained only in the version with a hyphen - "co-operation". If a person typed it all together, the correction algorithm offered to replace it with "Cupertino" (a city in California), and sometimes changed it automatically. Because of this, a considerable number of official documents have been preserved, including organizations such as the UN, NATO and the European Union, where you can find phrases like: "Cupertino with our Italian comrades was very fruitful." The "Cupertino effect" is now called any such curiosity of automatic correction.

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Few people in history have had as profound an impact on the world and the times in which they lived as Napoleon Bonaparte. He was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. As a boy, he identified with the great heroes of ancient history whom he read about. He was barely sixteen years old when he graduated from the military academy in Paris. At twenty-four, Bonaparte was promoted to the rank of brigadier general for the liberation of the city of Toulon from the British who had captured it. Then he led armies to victory over Austria, won the war in Egypt. Napoleon became the first consul, the ruler of France. He reformed the entire structure of the country's government.

In 1804, Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor of France. During the ten years of Napoleonic rule, the French empire was in almost continuous war. His victories ensured his dominance over Europe from Spain to the borders of Russia. In 1812 he decided to invade Russia with an army of over six hundred thousand men. Even though he captured Moscow, his army did not have sufficient supplies, so they had to return home. Only about a hundred thousand people survived the march home.

After several other defeats, Napoleon abdicated and was exiled into exile on the island of Elba. Then he left the Elbe and raised a new army, but in 1815 at Waterloo he was defeated by an army under the command of Wellington and Blucher. Napoleon surrendered to the British, who exiled him as a prisoner to the barren island of Saint Helena. There he died on May 5, 1821. While he led France to new greatness and power, it can also be said that he caused great suffering and ruined the lives of entire nations.

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