It sits in a Fells Point antique shop, a kitschy keepsake from a classic Baltimore restaurant. Haussner’s may be gone, but its jumbo ball of string rolls on. And it’s for sale — though, at 825 pounds, ...

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Deciphering a word written on a ball of string that then unravelled depends on the randomness of the rolling process, says one New Scientist reader. But why not try it for yourself at home? I would ...