Comments on: History Mysteries: 7 Lost Time Capsules http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Gabby http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-383923 Gabby Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:37:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-383923 I'm currently ending my 8th grade year and tomorrow we're starting to put our time capsules together. However my teachers have decided to put the time capsules in their classrooms so they can never be lost because they're never out of sight. The reason they decided this was because they didn't want the capsules to be lost when the schools change because a new school is being built and the one I'm in now may be torn down and built over. I’m currently ending my 8th grade year and tomorrow we’re starting to put our time capsules together. However my teachers have decided to put the time capsules in their classrooms so they can never be lost because they’re never out of sight. The reason they decided this was because they didn’t want the capsules to be lost when the schools change because a new school is being built and the one I’m in now may be torn down and built over.

]]> By: tj http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-383059 tj Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:34:21 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-383059 My 3rd grade class buried a time caspule at the end of a field behind our school. It was suppose to be dug up our senior year. Unfortunately one summer they leveled the field to create a new baseball diamond and involved in the leveling knew it buried. Since they had already uprooted the tree that marked the place the capsule was suppose to be buried we never found it. My 3rd grade class buried a time caspule at the end of a field behind our school. It was suppose to be dug up our senior year. Unfortunately one summer they leveled the field to create a new baseball diamond and involved in the leveling knew it buried. Since they had already uprooted the tree that marked the place the capsule was suppose to be buried we never found it.

]]> By: Mr Punch http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382994 Mr Punch Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382994 I'm pretty sure the MIT story is wrong. MIT moved from Boston across the river to Cambridge in the early 20th century, so a time capsule buried in 1889 would not have been on the campus in 1939. I’m pretty sure the MIT story is wrong. MIT moved from Boston across the river to Cambridge in the early 20th century, so a time capsule buried in 1889 would not have been on the campus in 1939.

]]> By: Anna http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382985 Anna Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:14:52 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382985 >>The big problem is that all time capsules have junk in them. Exactly. Someone should buy a bunch of junk stocks and stick them in there. At least one of them is bound to bounce back and be worth some money. >>The big problem is that all time capsules have junk in them.

Exactly. Someone should buy a bunch of junk stocks and stick them in there. At least one of them is bound to bounce back and be worth some money.

]]> By: Darrell http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382662 Darrell Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:02:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382662 The Alabama Museum of Natural History just openned one not long ago for Smith Hall on the University of Alabama campus. I liked the fact the someone (probably Eugene Smith--State Geologist) left a cigar on top of all the papers inside. Considering that it was closed up in the early 1900's (just after the Spanish American War--that may well have been a Cuban cigar--I was don't know if it is possible to rehydrate a 100 year old cigar.??!! The Alabama Museum of Natural History just openned one not long ago for Smith Hall on the University of Alabama campus. I liked the fact the someone (probably Eugene Smith–State Geologist) left a cigar on top of all the papers inside. Considering that it was closed up in the early 1900′s (just after the Spanish American War–that may well have been a Cuban cigar–I was don’t know if it is possible to rehydrate a 100 year old cigar.??!!

]]> By: Deb http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382599 Deb Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:54:10 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382599 Not my time capsule, but you may remember the "buried Car" debacle that was unearthed in Tulsa in 2007. The car had been buried to commemorate 50 years of Oklahoma statehood...to be unearthed in 2007, during the centennial celebration. Check it out: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/16/national/main2938880.shtml Not my time capsule, but you may remember the “buried Car” debacle that was unearthed in Tulsa in 2007. The car had been buried to commemorate 50 years of Oklahoma statehood…to be unearthed in 2007, during the centennial celebration. Check it out: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/16/national/main2938880.shtml

]]> By: Jesucita http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382595 Jesucita Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:33:50 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382595 I'm surprised there was no mention of Oklahoma's Centennial. They buried a brand new '57 Plymouth Belvedere, only to find a big hunk of junk 50 yrs later. At least the winner got a pristine 48-star American Flag, and documentation for a savings account valued at $100 in 1957, which has now appreciated to a little over a thousand dollars. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1628272520070616 I’m surprised there was no mention of Oklahoma’s Centennial. They buried a brand new ’57 Plymouth Belvedere, only to find a big hunk of junk 50 yrs later.
At least the winner got a pristine 48-star American Flag, and documentation for a savings account valued at $100 in 1957, which has now appreciated to a little over a thousand dollars.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1628272520070616

]]> By: lisaj6112 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-382555 lisaj6112 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:47:14 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-382555 No time capsules here,but one thing my family did back in the 80's when my parents were putting up paneling in the living room was we wrote all over the drywall. My mom wrote our family names and date and I wrote the lyrics to AHA's "Take On Me". To this day I wonder if and when someone finally removed the paneling and found it,what they thought. No time capsules here,but one thing my family did back in the 80′s when my parents were putting up paneling in the living room was we wrote all over the drywall. My mom wrote our family names and date and I wrote the lyrics to AHA’s “Take On Me”. To this day I wonder if and when someone finally removed the paneling and found it,what they thought.

]]> By: Roberto http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-381950 Roberto Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:57:42 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-381950 My college has the tradition of doing a time capsule for every generation and open it 5 years later. So, August 20 will be the opening of the time capsule of my generation, the strange thing is that I don't remember what I put inside. Well, I think I'll be finding out in 2 months. Also, there's no way that it'll be lost, it's a concrete block outside of the auditorium. My college has the tradition of doing a time capsule for every generation and open it 5 years later.
So, August 20 will be the opening of the time capsule of my generation, the strange thing is that I don’t remember what I put inside. Well, I think I’ll be finding out in 2 months.
Also, there’s no way that it’ll be lost, it’s a concrete block outside of the auditorium.

]]> By: Brian http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/57148/comment-page-1#comment-381930 Brian Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:21:35 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/?p=57148#comment-381930 I've always been fascinated by time capsules. When I was 14 or so (late '70s), a bunch of friends and I made a time capsule and buried it in my backyard. We included Polaroid pictures, a cassette tape of ourselves, a copy of the local newspaper and a TIME magazine from that week, plus other odds and ends. We sealed all the items in plastic bags, put everything in a Rubbermaid container, and sealed the lid with caulk. A year or two later, though, we tried digging it up, but couldn't find it... so as far as I know it's still down there in my parents' backyard. A friend of mine did the same thing but used a coffee can; he dug his up a year later, and the can had completely corroded, and virtually everything inside had decayed. I’ve always been fascinated by time capsules. When I was 14 or so (late ’70s), a bunch of friends and I made a time capsule and buried it in my backyard. We included Polaroid pictures, a cassette tape of ourselves, a copy of the local newspaper and a TIME magazine from that week, plus other odds and ends. We sealed all the items in plastic bags, put everything in a Rubbermaid container, and sealed the lid with caulk. A year or two later, though, we tried digging it up, but couldn’t find it… so as far as I know it’s still down there in my parents’ backyard. A friend of mine did the same thing but used a coffee can; he dug his up a year later, and the can had completely corroded, and virtually everything inside had decayed.

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