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Yes! IIRC there was an Encyclopedia Brown[1] case where he unmasks a fraudulent Civil War relic that had the inscription "for the First Battle of Bull Run", on
by SilasX 4y ago
Yes! IIRC there was an Encyclopedia Brown[1] case where he unmasks a fraudulent Civil War relic that had the inscription "for the First Battle of Bull Run", on the grounds that no one at the time would have called it the "First".
[1] Kid-detective series where the titular character, Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, solves crimes by finding inconsistencies that require domain knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_Brown
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y agoYeah, it was the “Case of the Civil War Sword”. https://brownencyclopedia.tumblr.com/post/13020192322/the-case-of-the-civil-war-sword/amp https://brownencyclopedia.tumblr.com/post/13020192322/the-ca...