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

Name: Video: This is believed to be the world’s oldest message in a bottle. What does it say?
Uploaded: 2018-07-09T22:20:51.953459+05:30
Channel: Reuters
Description: 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.

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.

Reuters

Mar 09, 2018 · 01:34 pm

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