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Topic: local history

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Friday, 7/17, 02:02 PM

Burbank opened a 50-year-old time capsule, and found a mystery

In 1976, Burbank sealed a time capsule with a plan to open it, and add a new one, every 25 years for a century.
When the library finally opened it this summer, the 1970s treasures were all there.
The mystery was what wasn't: the capsule that should have been made in 2001 never existed.

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