This Week in Time Capsules: You’re Capsuling It Wrong

This Week in Time Capsules: You're Capsuling It Wrong

This week in our time capsule news round-up we have the good, the bad, and the boring.

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This Week in Time Capsules: Zombies, Girl Scouts, and Columbus

This Week in Time Capsules: Zombies, Girl Scouts, and Columbus

This week in our time capsule round-up we have reminder after reminder that burying things in the ground is the absolute worst way to preserve something for the future. Oh, and also zombies.

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No, That’s Not the Oldest Message In a Bottle. This Is.

No, That's Not the Oldest Message In a Bottle. This Is.

Recently a 101-year-old message in a bottle was found off the coast of Germany. The bottle was tossed into the Baltic Sea back in 1913 and was discovered this year by fishermen (pictured above) who then donated it to a local museum. Just about every news outlet is saying that it’s the oldest message in a bottle ever found. Except that it’s probably not.

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The First Time Capsule Tearjerker of 2014

The First Time Capsule Tearjerker of 2014

Back in 1966 a woman in North Phoenix, Arizona sealed a time capsule in the wall of her home. Betty Klug, then 33, didn’t tell her husband nor her two kids about the capsule. It remained a secret until contractors working on the home recently discovered the time-traveling treasure. Fair warning: If you’re not a robot, you should probably get some tissues handy.

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This Week in Time Capsules: Florida Sends a Taser to 2064

This Week in Time Capsules: Florida Sends a Taser to 2064

This week we have an incredibly old glass capsule that was smashed open in London, a grunge-era capsule unearthed at a Washington McDonald’s, and a huge new capsule in Florida that may shock you.

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This Week in Time Capsules: Teaching Kids About the Cruel March of Time

This Week in Time Capsules: Teaching Kids About the Cruel March of Time

This week in our round-up of time capsule news we have a 20-year-old McDonald’s capsule that only 90s kids will understand, a "time barrel" in Maine, and kids in the UK who learn that we eventually get old and die.

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This Week in Time Capsules: Skywhales and Schoolkids

This Week in Time Capsules: Skywhales and Schoolkids

This week in our round-up of time capsule news, we have a recently unearthed capsule made from a WWI artillery shell, a new 100-item capsule sealed in Australia, and more disappointed rugrats who were unimpressed by a 25-year-old capsule in New Jersey.

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This Week in Time Capsules: Redditor Wants to Bury Dogecoins

This Week in Time Capsules: Redditor Wants to Bury Dogecoins

It was a particularly weird week for time capsules. Everybody’s trying to figure out where those 19th century coins came from, a town in Australia is debating whether they should open a 1994 capsule with old photos of Keith Urban, and one Redditor is trying to bury some dogecoins. Seriously.

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US Government Says Time Capsule Coins Weren't Stolen From Them In 1901

US Government Says Time Capsule Coins Weren't Stolen From Them In 1901

“There is nothing connecting these coins to any theft from the Mint,” U.S. Mint spokesman Adam Stump told SF Gate. “We’ve done quite a bit of research, and we’ve got a crack team of lawyers, and trust me, if this was U.S. government property we’d be going after it.”

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Unlocking the Mystery of the $10 Million California Time Capsule

Unlocking the Mystery of the $10 Million California Time Capsule

An anonymous Northern California couple out walking their dog recently discovered six rusty canisters buried on their property. The canisters were filled with 19th century gold coins, worth about $10 million today. Who’s responsible for that much buried treasure? You might just be looking at him.

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