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TIL The faces on Mount Rushmore will outlast Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the moon. Armstrong’s lunar print is there to stay for about 1 million years. The faces on Mount Rushmore will still be here on Earth for 6 million years after the footprint is gone.

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