The Expo ’70 Time Capsule (jan 1, 1970 – jan 1, 6970)

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For the 1970 Expo in Osaka, Japan, the electronics giant Panasonic constructed a kettle-shaped capsule designed to remain unopened for 5,000 years, sealed with protective gas.

There was also built a control capsule that will be periodically opened and cleaned to ensure smooth going. The first periodical opening took place in 2000, and the rest will be every 100 years.

In total, each capsule contains a cargo of 2,098 culturally significant objects, many of them suggested by the public. Its planned opening date is 6970. Some of the items in the capsule are: films, seeds, microorganisms, a ceremonial kimono, a Slinky and the blackened fingernail of a survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing.

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