A Brief History of Time Capsules

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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People feel very strongly about time capsules, even though the contents are often a little underwhelming. What actually qualifies as a time capsule, and what are some of the most notable ones? Read the show notes here, including a correction about some St

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0:46.7	So, back in October of 2014, a time capsule was removed from a lion statue
0:52.7	that normally is on top of the old State House and Boston Massachusetts.
0:56.7	The statue had been taken off of the roof for restoration,
1:00.7	and while they were added, restores decided to check on rumors
1:03.7	that there was a time capsule in its head.
1:05.7	This is something that had been completely unknown until a couple years before
1:09.7	and they wanted to see if it was really there.
1:12.7	It was.
1:13.7	They used a fiber optic camera to make sure that it was really there,
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