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I solved the century-old mystery of a shipwreck survivor

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94 points Thevet | 2 comments | 12 Jul 25 22:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Sprotch ◴[15 Jul 25 11:01 UTC] No.44569876[source]▶
He was picked up by a lifeboat. There is no mystery; he had made clear himself multiple times that this is how he was rescued.
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1. Neywiny ◴[15 Jul 25 13:26 UTC] No.44570913[source]▶
Yeah I mean it was an ok article, and I understand we're all trying to make a living, but it could be summarized in one sentence. "The reporters made up a story and he couldn't convince them to report the truth: that he had been picked up in a lifeboat." Because yes the mystery is solved by knowing he was in a lifeboat, but it's also critical to determine how the falsehood originated.
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2. DFHippie ◴[16 Jul 25 00:02 UTC] No.44577248[source]▶
The point of the article is not to solve deep problems but to entertain. It did that. If it were one sentence long it would not be entertaining.