If a user of Google Translate keys in “dog” 19 times, when translating from Maori to English, a message about the end times and the return of Jesus will appear.  “Doomsday Clock is three minutes at twelve,” Google Translate’s translation reads. “We are experiencing characters and a dramatic developments in the world, which indicate that we are increasingly approaching the end times and Jesus’ return.”

The Maori language is the tongue of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Although this is not the first unusual output to appear in the language interpretation utility, this particular rendering has struck many as odd and was reportedly first discovered by Motherboard, a publication of Vice. READ MORE


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