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		andrewstuart on Nov 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 132-Year-Old Message in a Bottle in a Scottish L... It says “out of whiskey, send more ASAP to the lighthouse”.

eesmith on Nov 24, 2024 [–]

Interesting fact - the note discovered is older than the first known use of ASAP, which https://www.etymonline.com/word/a.s.a.p. says was 1920, as seen at https://archive.org/details/sim_dental-economics_1920-03_10_... .

deepnet on Nov 25, 2024 | [–]

Fascinating, nice catch

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