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Postcard From Brighton

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Find the 3 things that don’t belong in 1912.

TipOpen one step at a time. The answer always asks twice, so nothing gets spoiled by accident.

1NudgeOpen

Cross off the decoys first. These look modern but were fine in 1912: ice cream cones (1904), the Brownie camera (1900) and the teddy bear (1902).

2CloserOpen

One intruder is the newspaper crossword: first crossword printed 21 Dec 1913, New York World.

Still to find: a swimsuit and a broadcast.

3AnswerAsks twice

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  • The newspaper crossword · 1913
  • The bikini · 1946
  • The comedy hour on the radio · 1920
★Solved it? The story behind the datesContains the answers

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Everything in the document on one timeline. Yellow dots arrived too late.

  1. 1900The Brownie cameraFine
    Kodak Brownie, 1900, sold for $1.Source: Digital Public Library of America
  2. 1902The teddy bearFine
    Named after Theodore Roosevelt, 1902.Source: Theodore Roosevelt Center
  3. 1904Ice cream conesFine
    Popularized at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.Source: Library of Congress
  4. 1912 · the document is dated here
  5. 1913The newspaper crosswordNot yet
    First crossword printed 21 Dec 1913, New York World.Source: American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
  6. 1920The comedy hour on the radioNot yet
    First commercial radio broadcast, KDKA, 2 Nov 1920.Source: Britannica
  7. 1946The bikiniNot yet
    Introduced in Paris, 5 Jul 1946.Source: History.com

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