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Video: This is believed to be the world’s oldest message in a bottle. What does it say?

Found on a beach in Australia and contained in a Dutch gin bottle, experts believe the message was tossed off the side of a German ship on June 12, 1886.

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Mar 09, 2018 · 01:34 pm
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