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TIL in 1883, a pamphlet was published with three coded pages known as the Beale ciphers. These pages are supposed to have the location of a hidden treasure worth about $63 million. Only the second page has been solved and it is thought that the treasure is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

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