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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 62 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Futurama did a great take on this with their Da Vinci Code parody episode.

[–] mattd@programming.dev 54 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Animatronio mentioned a fountain. That's a statue of Neptune, god of water. The number of points on him trident is three, or trey. The "u" in his name is written like "v". Trey, "v". Trevi! It's the Trevi Fountain. There can be no question!

[–] Alue42@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

"but what about--?"
"There can be no question!!"

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