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TIL the entire state of Montana has one area code

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epBpL today I learned Paul Walker and Denise Richards starred in a movie together, and it's a beautiful disasterpiece. "Tammy and the T Rex"
w9W6 TIL of Jeanette Rankin, the first female member of congress and the only person to vote “Nay” to go to war with Japan in ‘41. Many requested she change her vote but she refused. After the vote, an angry mob followed her from the Capitol building, forcing her to take refuge in a telephone booth.
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