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Scientists open 195-year-old time capsule at West Point and find nothing inside | Stars and Stripes

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[–] bfg9k 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

195 years ago: 'we should put a lead-lined box in here with nothing in it to fuck with people in the future'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Some guy wanted to put something valuable in it and was unwittingly robbed. Simplest explanation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

At least they had the right idea about who deserved far worse than this prank even in 1828 (the year the infamous Andrew Jackson would be elected)