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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/RealisticBarnacle115 on 2024-11-15 15:38:29+00:00.

Original Title: TIL Kasane Teto, a virtual singer software created on the Japanese textboard 2channel for April Fools’ Day, 2008. Initially conceived as a hoax by users who planned to make a fake Vocaloid character, it was eventually developed into a real product. She was introduced as a “diva born from a hoax”.