Scientists Cracked the Code on a 400-Year-Old Padlock. What It Was Protecting Is Still a Mystery.
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An engineer peered inside the brass lock and found a four-letter puzzle to open it. Unfortunately, it’s not locking anything anymore. A 16th-century brass padlock that secured treasure aboard the Ann Francis—an English merchant vessel used for smuggling—went down with the ship when it wrecked off the …
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