Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds

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Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds
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They did not limit themselves to one monkey. From the article:

As well as a single monkey, they also did the calculations using the current global population of around 200,000 chimpanzees.