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Updated August 31, 2023

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Initially, Gef said he was a weasel, but later corrected himself and said he was, in fact, the ghost of a dead mongoose.

The Bizarre, True Story of Gef the Talking Mongoose

Oh, and Gef was a ghost too.
by Steven Tucker
Watson has worked on the handwriting of famous authors, including Jane Austen. This is an 1800 letter from Austen to her sister Cassandra.

Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood

A transcriber on the Isle of Man can decipher almost anything.
by Sarah Laskow

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