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In 2002, Peter Norvig read that Dan Hoey had created a computer program that had generated a 540 word palindrome in 1984. Thinking he could do one better, Norvig created his own version of the program. Both programs were based off of the classic phrase “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.” The algorithm puts words into the middle of the sentence while keeping the same beginning and end to make sure it is a palindrome. On Norvig's first try he was able to make a 15,139 word palindrome; after a bit of tweaking he created he created a 17,259 word palindrome, the longest one to date. Find it here http://www.norvig.com/pal17txt.html Seems like just a list of words though haha I think he cheated --------- The shortest palindromic word, not counting one-letter words, is aa, which is a Hawaiian word for a kind of lava. Ah, so many useless facts on the internet
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I love this spanish one:
Dábale arroz a la zorra el abad. (the abbot was giving rice to the female fox) greetings ![]()
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I found more palindromes here
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