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The Colombian army once made a song with Morse code in it and aired it in rebel-controlled territory to lift the morale of hostages held there. The message read '19 rescued, you're next. Don't lose hope.'

Sweden tries to ward off Russian submarines from violating its maritime borders by lowering a neon sign depicting a thrusting 'gay' sailor underwater. The sign also sends a message in Morse code which says, "this way if you are gay".

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1. A British POW started a hobby of stitching while in captivity. His work was so good it was hung on the wall by the German guards, not realising the secret message stitched on it. The message 'God Save The King' and 'F--- Hitler' was stitched in Morse code.

2. When the French Navy officially ceased using Morse Code on January 31st, 1997, the final message they transmitted was "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence."

3. US POW, Jeremiah Denton, blinked a message in morse code whilst on Vietnamese television, spelling the word "torture." This informed the CIA of conditions in Vietnamese captivity.

4. Thomas Edison taught his second wife Morse code to tap out messages on his arm so they could communicate in secret in front of her parents.

5. Johnny Cash had a unique ability for deciphering Morse code and was given top security clearance in the Air Force during the Cold War, intercepting Soviet messages

6. An Army dentist drilled the message "Remember Pearl Harbor" in Morse code inside Gen. Hideki Tojo's dentures while the general was imprisoned in occupied Japan for war crimes.

7. The Armed Forces of Colombia commissioned a pop song that included a Morse code message to kidnapped military personnel, "19 people rescued, you're next. Don't lose hope", because the kidnappers would let their captives listen to radio.

8. The famous "shave and a haircut" door knock is morse code for "Attention" which is also the greeting used for code messages.

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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in response to missing his wife's death. After traveling days to be by his dying wife's side, Morse arrived a couple of days following her burial. He vowed to make a communications device that would allow dire messages to be delivered in a timely manner.

"Better Days" by Natalia Gutierrez Y Angelo, a 2010 Colombian song with a secret hidden message in Morse code meant for the soldiers kidnapped by the FARC (Colombian guerilla). The message was "19 people rescued. You are next. Don’t lose hope." - source

In 1844 Samuel Morse tapped out his first long distance Morse code message between Baltimore and Washington. His message was, "What hath God wrought!"

The first private satellite was launched in 1962 (about 4 years after the launch of Sputnik-1). It was built by an amateur radio club and orbited earth for 22 days transmitting the message "Hi" in morse code.

There is currently a Soviet radio signal message headed towards the Libra constellation, from 1962. The message reads "World Peace, Lenin, SSSR' in Morse Code. - source

The Colombian government embedded a secret Morse Code message hidden in a song so they could communicate with kidnapped police and military officials being held prisoner by Colombian guerrilla forces.

In 1842 Samuel Morse gained attention for his telegraph when he strung wires between two rooms in the Capitol that made it possible to transmit messages from room to room.

When NASA's JUNO passed its closest to Earth, more than 1400 HAM radio operators simultaneously transmitted "Hi" in Morse code. This message was received by Juno as the craft began its journey to Jupiter.

While American POW Jeremiah Denton was being used as propaganda by the Vietnamese, he was able to blink "T-O-R-T-U-R-E" in Morse code during broadcasts and relay his message to viewers

The first ever Morse code that was sent was translated as: “What hath God wrought?”, a message, taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23.