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In 1929, the Guardian asked readers what they would say to potential inhabitants of Mars. Their answers ranged from requests for cancer cures, to a cricket team challenge
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If you could send a message to the Martians, what would you say to them?
That was the question the Guardian asked readers in 1929 when the newspaper launched a new competitions page. The challenge sat alongside the first crossword puzzle, and posed a different sort of challenge from the puzzles and games we publish today.