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I Just Learned A Crazy Story About A US President Which Somehow Is Not On Wikipedia
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I Just Learned A Crazy Story About A US President Which Somehow Is Not On Wikipedia

It's from a popular book which I hadn't read and I bet you haven't read either.

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Nov 17, 2023
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Feel free to skip the first 1,500 words or so of this post if you’d just like to cut to the chase and read the interesting anecdote mentioned in the headline.

So a few days ago, I found myself thinking about the Panama Canal and I was like, “damn, that was probably pretty tough to build.” Then I thought, “I wonder how tough?”

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