When Sliced Bread Was Illegal | The Unsolvable CIA Puzzle

Update: 2025-09-08

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The US Government once tried to ban sliced bread. That went as well as you’d expect.

For thirty years, a statue with an unsolvable puzzle has stood on the lawn of CIA headquarters. The answer is about to go up for auction.

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nobody-has-been-able-to-solve-the-cias-famous-kryptos-sculpture-soon-the-solution-will-be-sold-to-the-highest-bidder-180987200/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-ridiculous-reason-why-the-us-enacted-a-wartime-ban-on-sliced-bread-salesand-why-it-didnt-last-long-180985834/

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When Sliced Bread Was Illegal | The Unsolvable CIA Puzzle

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When Sliced Bread Was Illegal | The Unsolvable CIA Puzzle

When Sliced Bread Was Illegal | The Unsolvable CIA Puzzle