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TIL that there is a 3D printer that can make burritos.

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m1V7v TIL Although received extremally negative reviews from everyone, Heaven's Gate was nominated for 1 Oscar (Best Art Direction)
E1lod TIL the Appalachian Trail became international in the 1990's and has since been extended with sections from the US through Canada, and into Greenland, Iceland, Europe, Britain, Ireland, Iberia, and into Africa
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