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TIL all the crown princes of Europe married commoners

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1aB4P TIL of the Somerton Man Mystery, a case in which a man was found dead on an Australian beach, with a piece of paper that lead to a book with indentations of a ciphered text. Cause of death unknown, and despite international assistance, he was never identified.
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