Poor Richard’s Almanac was written and printed by Benjamin Franklin, Printer, and it was very popular. We still use some of his hokey sayings today. For example: “Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead>”

In some cases even death can’t fully protect a secret.

A Norwegian museum staff member died without sharing his secret. His hadn’t divulged the password to the museum’s database of documents and books, etc. Computer experts were called in. To no avail. They couldn’t figure it out. So the museum held a contest. They would give a reward to anyone who could figure out the password.

The winning contestant asked the last name of the deceased staff member. He spelled it backwards and the museum administrators were back in business.

But don’t be like the baker business owners in Iowa. The burglars who broke into their shop found their safe combination to be a piece of cake. No, not literally. The combination was easily discovered by the burglars, as it was tacked to the bulletin board. The bakers didn’t want to forget it, so displayed it in plain sight!

Ben wouldn’t have been so dense!