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The Internet Archive rewrites contents of scripts to inject the archive URLs. A better explanation than OP's clickbait is that someone went to the archive to copy/paste misplaced tracking code.

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Everyone assumes that is the case yes. That doesn't make the title factually incorrect, though.

Based on the replies to the tweet very few have assumed this is the case and no, “using as a CDN” and “accidentally linked to” are not the same thing.

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