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Proof: California garbage collector turns trash into a hillside home

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-09T09:30:59Z","headline":"California garbage collector turns trash into a hillside home","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-1928-a-california-garbage-collector-began-building-a-one-room-shack-from-trash-over-50-years-beer-cans-car-parts-driftwood-and-shells-became-an-multi-level-hillside-home/articleshow/133958452.cms","v":1}

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da78358faa1321393b23b4fa7764580892178fbf2796b4c53e5b2a9a7fd5cb6b

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-da78358faa13.json prints da78358faa1321393b23b4fa7764580892178fbf2796b4c53e5b2a9a7fd5cb6b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.