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A dead man washed ashore with a mysterious code

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A sharply dressed corpse washed up on a beach carrying absolutely zero identification. His only accessory was a tiny scrap of paper hidden in a tiny pocket featuring a bizarre uncrackable code, cementing him as the most aggressively mysterious beachgoer of all time.

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