This 1940 time capsule came with its own windmill
Sealed in 1940 beneath Oglethorpe University in Georgia, the Crypt of Civilization is not to be opened until noon on May 28, 8113.
Thornwell Jacobs, the president of Oglethorpe University in Georgia, worked out that 6,177 years had passed since the start of the Egyptian calendar, and decided to aim the same distance forward. In 1940 he welded shut a converted swimming pool packed with 1930s objects, with instructio…
