2367 - Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bielefeld is Germany's 18th largest city at 340 000 citizens. It is home to international companies such as Dr. Oetker, Gildemeister, and Schuko.

The Bielefeld Conspiracy is a satirical conspiracy theory that claims Bielefeld does not actually exist, but is an illusion propagated by various forces. It was first posted in 1994 on the German Usenet. The city started using the conspiracy in it's marketing.

The theory poses three questions:

Do you know anybody from Bielefeld?
Have you ever been to Bielefeld?
Do you know anybody who has ever been to Bielefeld?

A majority of respondents say 'no' and anyone claiming any knowledge of Bielefeld is disregarded as being in on the conspiracy, or of have been decieved themselves. The origins of the theory are speculated to include the CIA, Mossad, or aliens who use Bielefeld University to hide their spacecraft.

Even Chancellor Angela Merkel referenced the theory in public when she mentioned she attended a town hall meeting in Bielefeld and said, "...if it exists at all," and "I had the impression that I was there.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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