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Hidden : 6/3/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Please DO NOT go to posted coordinates as there is NO CACHE there.

There is 15 caches in this series to find, in some of the caches you will find other coordinates write them down and when you have all the coordinates you can go find the last one in this series.

To find the right coordinates for each cache you need to know if the quote is a MYTH or TRUE. Then you can go find the cache once you figure out the right coordinates.

Good Luck and have fun.

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NORTH = N 52 AB.CDE

MYTH OR TRUE

A = Penguins watching a plane fly overhead will keep tilting their heads back until they tip over.

     MYTH = 0     TRUE = 1

Senior British naval officers have reported witnessing the bahavior amoung Emperor Pengiun populatins in the Falklands.

B = Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

     MYTH = 4    TRUE = 7

Bell was first to patent the concept pioneered by Philipp Reis and refined by Elisha Gray

C = Cheddar cheese is naturally orange.

     MYTH = 4     TRUE = 5

Cheddar cheese is colored with annatto, yellow -red dye made from the seeds of tree by the same name.

D = Tomatoes were once considered poisonous.

     MYTH = 8     TRUE = 5

Early Europeans grew them as ornamental plants and considered the fruit fit only for wild animals.

E = Freshwater fish don't drink water.

     MYTH  = 1     TRUE = 5

Freshwater fish absorb water through osmosis.

WEST = W 113 AB.CDE

MYTH OR TRUE

A = Eating too many carrots will turn your skin orange.

     MYTH = 5     TRUE = 4

The condition is known as Carotenemia; isn't toxic and will go away with time.

B = Betty Crocker was a real woman

     MYTH = 6     TRUE = 8

Her creation was marketing tool for the Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis

C = A major Vegas casino once refused to pay out a $1 million jackpot because the winner waw a minor.

     MYTH = 8     TRUE = 9

It was 1987 and the boy was just 19 years old; you have to be 21 to gamble.

D =Golf legend Jack Nicklaus is color blind.

     MYTH = 3     TRUE = 5

Other celebrities suffering from the affliction include Matt Laurier, the late Paul Newman, and the late Bing Crosby

E = Milk is good for an ulcer.

     MYTH = 0     TRUE = 3

Although milk can offer temporary relief as a buffer, its high calcium cantent tends to promote increased gastric acid secretions.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvtuyvtug Z.V.F.G

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)