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The world is a big place, so naturally, things get lost and forgotten. But they often resurface, too. Just take a look at the subreddit "Took You Long Enough."

This online community isn't the biggest, but its 30K members provide a constant flow of unexpected finds. From simple — but interesting — stuff like old newspapers to more mysterious discoveries, like a 227-year-old pendant, they always have something new to show off.

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#1

Woman Adopts Elderly Dog From Shelter And Finds Out It's Actually Her Lost Childhood Puppy

Woman Adopts Elderly Dog From Shelter And Finds Out It's Actually Her Lost Childhood Puppy

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This Washed Ashore From ‘Dorian’. “Please Don’t Open Me, My Ashes Are On A Journey, I Started At Cumberland Island, So If You See Me Ashore, Please Snap A Picture, Email It & Throw Me Back So I Can Travel Some More”

This Washed Ashore From ‘Dorian’. “Please Don’t Open Me, My Ashes Are On A Journey, I Started At Cumberland Island, So If You See Me Ashore, Please Snap A Picture, Email It & Throw Me Back So I Can Travel Some More”

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#3

We're Remodeling Our Bathroom And Our Contractor Just Sent This

We're Remodeling Our Bathroom And Our Contractor Just Sent This

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Woman Loses Engagement Ring In Garden Finds It 13 Years Later On A Carrot

Woman Loses Engagement Ring In Garden Finds It 13 Years Later On A Carrot

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KJ
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's legally binding lady, you are now engaged to a carrot.

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While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board

While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's pretty cool, but if they keep it like that, family fights guaranteed!

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This Silver Pendant I Found Metal Detecting Is Dated 227 Years Ago Today

This Silver Pendant I Found Metal Detecting Is Dated 227 Years Ago Today

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kjorn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

for a moment i thought it was written Milf at the top

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Helen Davies
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's so cool. Found on the same day hundreds of years later. Anna is reaching out!

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Julia Atkinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where was this found? It may be possible to identify her family through genealogy records

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This may be a baby thing - My mom did this when I was born a long time ago - not that long!

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Jane W.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I would be so thrilled. I'd try to look into the history of the family, but maybe wouldn't look for descendants. Would they really care?

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Susan Mercurio
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

200 years ago TODAY. What are the odds? You couldn't have done that if you tried!

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rex fermier
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here is the video from the guy that found this pendant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcEa4SZd7UU

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Anna Litical
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did they have metal engraving in the 1700S? Impressed. Pardon the pun. Genuinely curious

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Rannveig Ess
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I swear, many of these were already posted on BP because I remember being fascinated by this. And the monopoly board under the rug.

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Nimitz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently graves were shallow in 1794, or her grave digger was lazy as f**k

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Chris Keel
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, the YouTube video the finder made is fantastic. Such a good find! https://youtu.be/CcEa4SZd7UU

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I get paid over 190$ per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I've been doing.. :) AND GOOD LUCK.:) HERE====)> https://www.worksful.com

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I get paid over $190 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Here's what I've been doing.. Copy HERE ===))> https://www.salarybaar.com/

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I call bs. Looks like they just rubbed dirt on it. Hope I'm wrong though

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#7

After 30 Years Brothers Return To Chernobyl To Find An Old Toy Friend Waiting (1986-2016)

After 30 Years Brothers Return To Chernobyl To Find An Old Toy Friend Waiting (1986-2016)

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#8

A Very British Response, Cheers Jon!

A Very British Response, Cheers Jon!

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#9

This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakspeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War

This "Bookmark" I Found In An Old Shakspeare Book Is A Voting Ticket From The Civil War

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#10

After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found

After A Construction Company Caused A Local Reservoir Level To Sink 10 Feet, A 600-Year-Old Buddha Carving Was Found

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#11

Friend Of Mine Just Moved Into A New House. Took Off All The Heating Vents To Paint Them, And This Was Behind One Of Them

Friend Of Mine Just Moved Into A New House. Took Off All The Heating Vents To Paint Them, And This Was Behind One Of Them

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#13

My Dad Finally Found His Missing LED Zeppelin Tickets... 44 Years Too Late

My Dad Finally Found His Missing LED Zeppelin Tickets... 44 Years Too Late

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#14

Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom!

Found This In The Crawl Space Above My Bedroom!

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#15

Tearing Down An Unused Chimney Only To Find 25 Generations Of Stacked Up Birds Nests

Tearing Down An Unused Chimney Only To Find 25 Generations Of Stacked Up Birds Nests

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#16

My Mom Was Cleaning Up And Found A Piece Of Paper Her And My Dad Wrote On From Before They Got Married In ‘86. They Were Together Until 2011 When My Dad Passed

My Mom Was Cleaning Up And Found A Piece Of Paper Her And My Dad Wrote On From Before They Got Married In ‘86. They Were Together Until 2011 When My Dad Passed

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#17

Found An Over 100 Year Old Time Capsule In My Backyard!

Found An Over 100 Year Old Time Capsule In My Backyard!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love stuff like this! So cool to uncover items from the past.

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Found This “White Couch” In A Free Pile Years Ago And Saw A Rip In It Last Night When I Was Cleaning To Find It Was Reupholstered Over Gorgeous Emerald Green Fabric This Whole Time!

Found This “White Couch” In A Free Pile Years Ago And Saw A Rip In It Last Night When I Was Cleaning To Find It Was Reupholstered Over Gorgeous Emerald Green Fabric This Whole Time!

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#20

Found On Facebook

Found On Facebook

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#21

Shoutout To My Mom Who Very Kindly Brought Me "Dumbells" From The Basement And Even Washed Them So I Could Work Out At Home With Weights - Turns Out These Are Old Soviet-Era Hand Grenades

Shoutout To My Mom Who Very Kindly Brought Me "Dumbells" From The Basement And Even Washed Them So I Could Work Out At Home With Weights - Turns Out These Are Old Soviet-Era Hand Grenades

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#22

Remodeling The Kitchen And Pulled The Microwave Off The Wall. He Never Gave Up Hope

Remodeling The Kitchen And Pulled The Microwave Off The Wall. He Never Gave Up Hope

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#23

Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons

Found These 110(?) Year Old Crayolas In The Back Of A Family Secretary Desk. The Pack Still Has The Crayons

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Be careful with old artist supplies (even crayons). Some of them can have dangerous ingredients. Lead, for example. The kinds of ingredients in some colours are unreal. Arsenic, mercury, chromium, radioactive materials... and then there are the morally objectionable ones, like 'Mummy Brown'- made from real, ground up mummies! Or Indian Yellow - made from the urine of cows only fed mango leaves and water, which slowly killed them. I'm sure there are more, but the point is; be cautious!

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#24

These Medieval Ruins Randomly Found Under A Schools Gym Hall

These Medieval Ruins Randomly Found Under A Schools Gym Hall

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Katie Lutesinger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's so odd to imagine that one day something completely different could be built on top of the spot where your house was, and people don't even know about it. (If it was my place, they'd have the Random Pop Culture Artefacts of the Past dig to end all Random Pop Culture Artefacts of the Past digs.)

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Birth Announcement From 1988

Birth Announcement From 1988

This is MY birth announcement that my auntie made for me when I was a baby. My mom donated a box of old kids stuff to her local thrift store and this was in the box by accident. It somehow it made it to the town where I live several hours away. I was so shocked to find it, I had to buy it back. $2 well spent to preserve my legacy

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Found A Drawing Of A Robot In A Chemistry Book From 1918

Found A Drawing Of A Robot In A Chemistry Book From 1918

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KJ
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The tin man already exists, what should I call mine, hmmm! Aha!

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#27

103 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse

103 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have some coins like this found in an old cellar hole in the woods. 1897, 1899, and 1903.

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This Carpenters Pencil Is The Oldest Known Pencil In Existence. It Was Found In The Roof Of A 17th-Century German House

This Carpenters Pencil Is The Oldest Known Pencil In Existence. It Was Found In The Roof Of A 17th-Century German House

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#29

My Great Grandmother Kept A News Paper Of When America Landed On The Moon. Just Found It Today

My Great Grandmother Kept A News Paper Of When America Landed On The Moon. Just Found It Today

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Not Exactly Vandalized But This Floorboard Says “This House Was Built By Floyd Harshaw. If You Don’t Like The Way It’s Built, That’s Too Damn Bad. June 21, 1956”

Not Exactly Vandalized But This Floorboard Says “This House Was Built By Floyd Harshaw. If You Don’t Like The Way It’s Built, That’s Too Damn Bad. June 21, 1956”

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We Were Cleaning Out Our Aunts House Who Had Just Passed Away And Found This. My Great-Great Grandfather’s Enlistment Paper To WWI

We Were Cleaning Out Our Aunts House Who Had Just Passed Away And Found This. My Great-Great Grandfather’s Enlistment Paper To WWI

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#32

This WWII Newspaper Of Germany’s Surrender Found In My Grandparent’s Attic

This WWII Newspaper Of Germany’s Surrender Found In My Grandparent’s Attic

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Julia Atkinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's not overlook the fact that Mrs Larry MacPhail's divorce was also front page news

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This Old McDonald's Coupon I Found In My Grandfathers Things

This Old McDonald's Coupon I Found In My Grandfathers Things

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if you can still redeem it... actually, it would actually be great PR for McDonald's if you could

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#35

First Boot In 17 Years, All On 90’s Equipment

First Boot In 17 Years, All On 90’s Equipment

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My Uncle Found A Bag Of Volcano Ash From Mount St. Helens With A Note Tucked In The Back Of One Of His Cupboards

My Uncle Found A Bag Of Volcano Ash From Mount St. Helens With A Note Tucked In The Back Of One Of His Cupboards

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Numismatist here: absolutely do NOT polish old coins with volcanic ash. That will definitely make them worthless.

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#37

Found My Grandmothers Calendar Which Contains The Date Of Her First Date With My Grandfather. Thursday The 10th 1955. They Would Get Married 1 Year Later

Found My Grandmothers Calendar Which Contains The Date Of Her First Date With My Grandfather. Thursday The 10th 1955. They Would Get Married 1 Year Later

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#38

This Shoe Was Left In The Window For 2 Months & It Shrunk

This Shoe Was Left In The Window For 2 Months & It Shrunk

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Lady Found A Message In A Bottle From 1926 While Diving

Lady Found A Message In A Bottle From 1926 While Diving

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like "Will the person who finds this bottle return this paper to George Morrow, Cheboygan Michigan, and tell where it was found, November 1926."

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#40

My Mother Found A 4th Birthday Card She Forgot To Pass On To Me... I’m 26 Now

My Mother Found A 4th Birthday Card She Forgot To Pass On To Me... I’m 26 Now

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This Book From 1892 I Found Inside A Hole In The Wall In A Rental Flat Post Image

This Book From 1892 I Found Inside A Hole In The Wall In A Rental Flat Post Image

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#42

A Vancouver Elementary School Just Unearthed A Time Capsule After 50 Years. In It Was A Letter From Then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

A Vancouver Elementary School Just Unearthed A Time Capsule After 50 Years. In It Was A Letter From Then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yrs ago they were remodeling our highschool and found a time capsule from the 60s that no one knew was there. It was meant to be opened in the yr 2000 so they bricked it back up and opened it at that time. Lots of stuff records magazines and a note from the then prez

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Notes From Over A Century Ago. Pulled Out Of Our Roof - A Lump Of Wood Scrawled With Complaints From The Builders: "American And Spanish War Is Now On. Everything Is Getting Dear. April 1898"

Notes From Over A Century Ago. Pulled Out Of Our Roof - A Lump Of Wood Scrawled With Complaints From The Builders: "American And Spanish War Is Now On. Everything Is Getting Dear. April 1898"

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My Grandpa Gave Me A $2 From 1953

My Grandpa Gave Me A $2 From 1953

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago on a trip to the US we got a two dollar note. We weren't sure if they existed so we paid with it asap just in case :-)

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Found A Marriage Certificate From 1895 In A Flooded Cabin We Renovated

Found A Marriage Certificate From 1895 In A Flooded Cabin We Renovated

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are there pictures of two men and one woman on the certificate?

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Cigarette Holder Gifted To My Grandfather From His Af Unit While They Were Stationed In The UK During The Korean War. “From The Old Gang, 8/7/1954”

Cigarette Holder Gifted To My Grandfather From His Af Unit While They Were Stationed In The UK During The Korean War. “From The Old Gang, 8/7/1954”

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#47

I Was Digging Around In An Attic In St. Paul And Found Some Soap From 1874

I Was Digging Around In An Attic In St. Paul And Found Some Soap From 1874

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Found Old Newspapers Used As Insulation In The Wall Of A 130 Yo House

Found Old Newspapers Used As Insulation In The Wall Of A 130 Yo House

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's crazy! It would be cool to read the articles. Like a little time capsule.

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#49

My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets

My Roommate Bought A Pair Of Pants At The Thrift Store And Found This In One Of The Pockets

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I Found This Very 90s Pen In A Drawer

I Found This Very 90s Pen In A Drawer

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