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TIL a $60,000 USD Pokemon card was lost in the mail

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4dON TIL despite the existence of the Pan-American Highway, it is not possible to drive between South America and Central America in a normal passenger car. Swamps, indigenous peoples, FARC rebels, and environmental considerations have left the 100-km “Darién Gap” undeveloped.
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dZkZ TIL Australia fought a war against their own Emus, and lost.