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A famous 1980s Italian television miniseries called La Piovra (The Octopus) revolved around the Italian Mafia, with the octopus symbolizing its almighty presence in Italian public life. Little did people know that originally the title was not intended to be a symbol; the miniseries really told the story of an octopus. The plot