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A lego snake measuring 318 m has been built at legoland malaysia on february 20. The first guinness book of world records was created 60 years ago thursday. Gracie mansion the peoples house home to sitting mayors. Franklin foer, national fellow, spent his fellowship year working on a book, world without mind, about the threat that big technology companies pose to the future of thinking, published in 2017.
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