Mysterious 100-year-old package opened
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Posted: 08/24/2012
(WXYZ) - A century-old mystery was finally revealed Friday.
Norwegian museum workers unsealed a 100-year-old package to find a collection of historical documents, letters, newspapers and national decorations.
According to the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang , the package has been kept in a museum in Norway and includes a note from a man named Johan Nygard, requesting that the package stay sealed until 2012.
The mysterious package dates back to August 26, 1912.
It weighed 3.1 kilos, is 40 cm wide, 28 cm deep, and 9 cm thick.
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