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by paavohtl 2163 days ago
It's a cool story, but I don't think there is evidence that it actually happened (in Civ 1, certainly in later games as a homage to this potentially urban legend). The YouTube channel People Make Games did an investigation[1] about this a year ago, including interviews with the original developers.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3SdgkW8W4

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TIL that I am fake news.