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Berners Street hoax: 4,000 letters shut down London in 1810
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Berners Street hoax: 4,000 letters shut down London in 1810

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Theodore Hook sent 4,000 letters ordering deliveries to one London address. Chimney sweeps arrived at 5 am. The Lord Mayor came in full regalia.

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