TIL: In 1987, two Chicago TV stations were hijacked by an unknown person in a Max Headroom mask, interrupting broadcasts with bizarre and still-unsolved pirate transmissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking
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