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TIL that the world record for the longest Uber ride is 2,798 miles, set by YouTuber Mathew Beem in July 2021

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xVMN5 TIL the "Betsy Ross" of the Iowa flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, was born "Jim Dick" Cornell. Named after a horse owned by her father. Mercifully, her mother called her 'Dixie'.
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