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The increasingly absurd story of a never-solved 1980s puzzle with a $1,000,000 prize

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  1. cfabbro
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    When I started watching this I didn't think I would get through the entire 1hr video, but it was fascinating and the story really drew me in. The amount of research and effort they put into this...

    When I started watching this I didn't think I would get through the entire 1hr video, but it was fascinating and the story really drew me in. The amount of research and effort they put into this video was also very impressive.

    p.s. IMO it starts to get really interesting at the 38minute mark when they dive into the legal side of the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYuS2rja2nI#t=38m29s

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  2. Greg
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    This piqued my curiosity for puzzles, prizes, and general nerdery; it delivered on that and then gave back far, far more than I could have hoped for. It's an hour long video and quite slow to...

    This piqued my curiosity for puzzles, prizes, and general nerdery; it delivered on that and then gave back far, far more than I could have hoped for. It's an hour long video and quite slow to start, but the sheer absurdity of the second half is IMO very worth the buildup.

    Courtesy of Tom Scott's weekly newsletter, which is one of the vanishingly small number of email lists that I intentionally stay subscribed to.

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