Learned any history lately? Mine is a code hidden in an 1880s secret pocket...
"For a decade, codebreakers have tried—and failed—to solve the case of two crumpled papers that were found stuffed in a secret pocket under the bustle and inside the seams of a silk dress from the 1880s. Over the years, the mystery even earned its own moniker: The Silk Dress Cryptogram...
Questions lingered over what “Bismark omit leafage buck bank,” “Calgary Cuba unguard confute duck fagan,” and “Spring wilderness lining one reading novice” could have possibly meant."
Have a guess what the code might mean before you read the article. The answer is a tidbit of history I learned this week.
What about you? Learned any historical tidbits lately?
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Learned any history lately? Mine is a code hidden in an 1880s secret pocket...
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