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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/LookAtThatBacon on 2025-11-01 13:54:13+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the first message sent over the Moscow–Washington hotline was: “THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG’S BACK 1234567890”. Russian translators responded asking their American counterparts, “What does it mean when your people say ‘The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog’?”