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TIL there’s a series of large concrete arrows pointing the way across the US, once used to guide airmail planes

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epWaL TIL About Cynthia Ann Parker, Who Was Kidnapped by Comanche Warriors and Eventually Gave Birth to the Last Great Comanche War Leader, Quanah
oReG8 TIL the fax machine was invented in 1843
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