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It's literally on archive.is, though. https://archive.is/oTX33 https://archive.is/oTX33 along with their twitter account: https://archive.is/VNQg8 https://arch

by fao_ 6y ago

It's literally on archive.is, though. https://archive.is/oTX33 https://archive.is/oTX33 along with their twitter account: https://archive.is/VNQg8 https://archive.is/VNQg8

unnouinceput 6y ago
"If it's on internet it must be true" - Wernher von Braun, winner of Nobel peace prize, 1944
- mey 6y ago
  I thought that quote was attributed to Abe Lincoln, TIL.
  - civilian 6y ago
    You're right that Abe said that, but he was quoting von Braun when he included that line in the Gettysburg address.
miles 6y ago
Yes, I am not doubting that the tweet was made by that (now nonexistent) Twitter account, but the authenticity of the letter.
- fao_ 6y ago
  Then why bring up their deleted account? Clearly, enough people from Japan thought it was real -- so whether this specific case is or is not real, the general atmosphere in Japan is such that they find it likely enough to be real, which by itself is worth reporting on.