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TIL of the Solomon curve. The safest speed to travel at is five miles over the speed limit.

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p8kXO TIL a Sioux tribe filed a federal lawsuit against a 10-person town in Nebraska in an attempt to reduce the amount of beer that was coming onto the reservation, about 13, 000 cans per day.
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