I found this book in my bookshelf recently and saw that there's a weird code on the front of it. It's not the normal ISBN number that books usually have and I can't understand why someone would put it there.

So I quickly searched the internet and found this NASA article where there's a credit to the exact same code. Does anyone know what it means or what it stands for? Perhaps it is just a coincidence?

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It's aliens!!!

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I can't tell you about the code, but I'm sure, this is a coincidence.

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NASA's Curiosity rover really digs Joan Collins... and soil.

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I suspect this all has something to do with void inhalers...

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and it does not work humm, but 8 people atm!

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bamp for smarter ppl

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well science side of SG?
I'm curious

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I'm all out of ideas

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Why does google literally find nothing when I google JQALNFXY ... and what disturbes me even more is that https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/hard-soil-vein doesn't exist for me...

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For that matter, searching for the book title and the author doesn't come up with anything useful.

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It's a Hoax!! :3

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It's a coincidence. 28^8 possibilities for an 8 digit alphanumeric code. It's not unlikely for a number to be repeated in completely different databases.

For everyone else::
No giveaways running = no puzzle for you to solve.

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No giveaway running but there is a group puzzle!

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I have a hunch who the real mastermind is, and I see many private giveaways on his profile :3

By the way, why is it 28^8?

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Fortunately I have a decoder ring on hand.

It says "Drink More Ovaltine".

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I love that movie.

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a crummy commercial?

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i give up

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I searched for it and found this newspaper from 1930 or 1950? Yes? Hard to tell. Code is right there at the top next to the date. Yes.
That guy on the right has creepy eyes by the way. Yes. @_@

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It's from Herald vision who also is an anagram of hard soil vein and his lover and I like adam1224 said in his post. It would be awesome if it's not intended :D
THe newspaper is also a fake since the real newspaper is Herald Tribune with the same article. I'm curious to know where you found this and hos dated from 1936. :D

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The code is too clear than the date and issue number. Definitely photoshopped xD

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Yeah and for some reason the Herald has been changed too.

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Don't worry, it's just the Fnords. You're not supposed to see them though.

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Besides the book's and the article's titles are anagrams, I have no idea what to give as an answer :D

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Well, what I found out so far is that:

1) The book original title is "Dime Si Fue Un Engaño" which translates to "Tell Me It Was A Hoax" according to google translate..

2) The original link of the NASA articles that I found is this one..

乁( ◔ ౪◔)ㄏ

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The original for point 2) is https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/upgrade-helps-nasa-study-mineral-veins-on-mars

Found it with the title of your article! :D

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I... cant see the code :( and i have glasses :(
:(:(

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At the lower right corner of the book ;)

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ooohh yasss

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Hey Stranger, your questions are so Dangerous ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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I found it on this image on imgur. Seems like a screengrab from some movie? Those weapons looks sick!

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Nice found. Have been posted the same day as the book image 21 may.

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As far as dates go, the "Hard Soil Vein" image in OP was taken around May 20 according to the date of the first article in the related column: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-rover-samples-active-linear-dune-on-mars

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We need that X-Files intro here

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It's the KGB and that's a kill order! lol

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Расстрелять шпиона, товарищи!

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Unfortunately I don't speak russian.
I did try to learn it on my own, to no avail. :/

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And on the photo is Dzerzhinsky.
I hope you know him...

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