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Companion | 2 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +9 
 #TIL Edgar Allan Poe was interested in cryptography 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe#Cryptography
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𝓢𝓮𝓻 𝓢𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓹𝔂 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That’s wild
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Companion | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Quite bonkers indeed.
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TheWildHustle | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Confirmed
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Companion | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There's a theory that he wasn't and someone pretended. But Gold-Bug (the book) suggested that he was into codes and ciphers