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TIL that in 2001, a ten-year-old named Laura Buxton released a balloon with her name and address in the hopes of finding a pen pal. The balloon traveled 140 miles before coming down and was found by an almost-ten-year old also named Laura Buxton. They share a number of other similarities.

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