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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

1/9/2026, 2:55:05 PM

Public

Mysterious Victorian-era shoes are washing up on a beach in Wales

Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hundreds-of-mysterious-victorian-era-shoes-are-washing-up-on-a-beach-in-wales-nobody-knows-where-they-came-from-180987943/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509376

Volunteers have discovered more than 400 shoes while cleaning up rock pools.

Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From

Sarah Kuta · The leading theory is that the black leather boots, which were discovered by volunteers, were traveling on a cargo ship that sank nearby roughly 150 years ago

www.smithsonianmag.com · Smithsonian Magazine

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