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UK Students Find Message in a Bottle From 60 Years Ago After It Washes Up on Beach

A message in a bottle thrown out to sea from Blackpool, England—in the hope it would reach America—has washed up 60 YEARS later. Two students discovered the glass bottle lying in the stones on Hove Beach seafront in East Sussex, and were amazed to find it had a letter inside addressed to the “Yanks” written…


Mars Rover’s Giant Parachute Carried Secret Message

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot parachute. He also included the…


Conservationist Finds Message in a Bottle on Beach From 2,500 Miles Away, Meets Sender

While clearing trash from a beach, a conservationist working on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New Guinea made an amazing discovery. He discovered a sealed glass bottle half-buried in the sand, filled with grains of rice, seashells … and a handwritten message. The finder, Steve Amos, who has worked in Hawksbill sea turtle conservation and…


Kite-Surfer Finds Message in a Bottle With Diamond Ring Inside, Tracks Down Its Owner

Canadian kite-surfer Sebastien Allain accidentally lost his gear during a winter surfing trip, but the hours-long search to recover his possessions yielded an unexpected find: a message in a bottle, which happened to also contain a diamond ring. Allain tracked down the sender and learned this was not the first message he has sent, nor…