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Puzzle 2: Caesar cipher

The Caesar cipher is a simple type of substitution cipher.

It works by taking each letter of the message and replacing it with the equivalent letter from a shifted alphabet. For example, if the shift is 10, a plain text A will be equivalent to a cipher text K.

Now use this information to decode this message:

Cipher: MXOLX VFDHV DUXVH GWKLV FLSKH U
Plain:  

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