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What are some good internet mysteries not many people know about? (lemmy.world)

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I want to add a couple of good ones I've found:

Jeff the Killer lost media: no one knows where the original Jeff The Killer image came from.

Mortis.com: old weird website

Also here's a good website on various obscure computer/Internet related oddities: https://suricrasia.online/iceberg/

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[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

There might still be the "Twitter numbers" accounts that post some set of numbers or words at specific times.

Basically it's just the internet version of the "radio numbers" or "radio codes" that are radio signals that randomly or schedule voice a set of numbers or words. There go back decades.

The theory is that it's a commutation network for spies.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

You mean number stations?

[-] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Yes! Thanks for the correct name.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

I wish the Lincolnshire poacher still ran

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