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TIL about the “Seneca Drums,” a mysterious booming sound that comes from Seneca Lake in upstate NY.

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6Ew08 TIL Harriet Tubman, the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, relied on celestial navigation to guide herself and others along their route. They used the Big Dipper (which resembled a drinking gourd) to find the North Star, and they followed that beacon to freedom.
OPWa TIL the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh are currently en route to Pluto - the planet he discovered
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