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TIL The first road in Missouri in the early 1700s used an ancient Native American technique of notching trees to navigate it.

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6E01Q TIL, Rasputin (born a peasant in Russia, but became a holy preacher) didn't die when his wine was poisoned. He also predicted that the entire imperial family would be killed by Russian people if he were killed by government officials (which became true when they were killed during Russian Revolution
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