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TIL Hiram Bingham wasn’t the first to rediscover Machu Picchu. Peruvian farmer and explorer Agustín Lizárraga had arrived 9 yrs earlier, leaving an inscription "A. Lizárraga 1902." Sadly, he died one year after Bingham’s arrival, and his inscription was erased by Bingham for "preservation reasons."

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