Infinite Monkey Theorem in Popular Culture - Motion Pictures

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  • 1959 — In the film On the Beach, when wireless Morse code signals are detected by radio operators on the submarine, the commander mentions "the old story about an infinite number of monkeys and an infinite number of typewriters," and that "one of them has to end up writing King Lear."

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