If they get any cherry trees from them, they should plant one at the White House.

@chrisgriffith9252

Ай бұрын

Why? He didn't do his presidency at the white house

@bluberrialpha

Ай бұрын

@@chrisgriffith9252just cause

@chrisgriffith9252

Ай бұрын

@@bluberrialpha 👍

@dan79transam65

Ай бұрын

Best comment

@FtheCCSD

Ай бұрын

​@@chrisgriffith9252it's still a good idea

They should try to grow some of those cherries; definitely not impossible considering that judean date palms were resurrected from rehydrating their seeds. Would be cool to bring back his cherry fields with his original cherry seeds.

@cellmate9845

Ай бұрын

Walking through historic cherry trees would be like a dream

@theshittybowman

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!

@mikaelafox6106

Ай бұрын

That would be awesome! I hope someone does that.

@tolpacourt

Ай бұрын

lol. you can't even spell cherries.

@jarate8076

Ай бұрын

lol. you can't even spell cherries.

Now if only we can revive Thomas Jefferson’s most prized apple orchards!

@ghostakita5438

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂right? Good1!

@randyakin2588

Ай бұрын

And Ol Johnny Applesead! Hahaha!

@ItsEdboy

Ай бұрын

Without a cutting you’re outta luck

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep

Ай бұрын

You can't from seed. Seeds aren't clones of the original.

@IS_CBR_2763

Ай бұрын

And make apple pie!

Georgie had the cherries on deck

@lobomalsano

Ай бұрын

He also had plenty of slaves

@Maliktevin1643

Ай бұрын

@@lobomalsano yep!

@chadbrowski2508

Ай бұрын

​@@lobomalsanobased

@Joshua429

Ай бұрын

@@lobomalsanoYup

@deletdis6173

Ай бұрын

Bet there was no shortage of pies and such. Delicious.

Nobody even digs down on purpose it’s always a construction related accidental discovery

@Travluminatii

Ай бұрын

It’s really sad

@Noobish_Camper55

Ай бұрын

Do you want them to rip up every historic property for no reason? It would just be more damage than necessary.

@skidwarrior4025

Ай бұрын

That's part of the reason why; it was buried during the middle of a construction project and they knew that it would remain protected so until another construction project. Now they have emerged.

@Magnetron33

Ай бұрын

@@Noobish_Camper55 ground penetrating radar would be competely harmless

@Hashdollars

Ай бұрын

@@Magnetron33ok you foot the bill and let us know how it goes

Someone already said grow some!!! I agree 100%!- if they did it with a 2000 yr old date palm tree- They can do with George Washington's cherry trees right!

@MitziHart

Ай бұрын

A George Washington Cherry Orchard,… That would be such a beautiful tourist attraction ♥️🍒🍷

@PaulyWally30

Ай бұрын

Do you have the link to that 2000 yr old date tree?

@kingbullyrock8739

Ай бұрын

@@PaulyWally30 You can google it, don't be lazy.

@grandmagrace9453

Ай бұрын

@@MitziHart yep! It would be a beautiful thing!

@grandmagrace9453

Ай бұрын

@@PaulyWally30 There's Bunches of them- Every new station around the world posted something when "Methuselah" The ancient male date palm became a "daddy" After he was mated with several ancient females That also sprouted- They had to wait till they grew up a little bit to tell whether they were boys Or girls🤗- I watched One clip more recently after the The first dates were picked when several Scientists sampled the fruit-

Wow a 250 year old cherries look like the first president love his fruit

@4evarich5

Ай бұрын

No, slaves did.

@drink15

Ай бұрын

The slaves saved them

@matthewmosier8439

Ай бұрын

​@@4evarich5You don't know much about Washington, do you?

@4evarich5

Ай бұрын

@@matthewmosier8439 it said they was most likely to be the ones who placed it there, in the video.

@matthewmosier8439

Ай бұрын

@@4evarich5 That's fine, they worked for him. But your comment did not give off "just relaying information" vibes. He almost certainly liked the fruit and taught them how to preserve it.

Just keep them away from hangry kindergarteners.

@seanpetaia

Ай бұрын

I don’t think they’re not going to eat a 250 years old cherries right?

@sabagecabage7828

Ай бұрын

⁠@@seanpetaiait would be fatal. Also... not taste very good lol

@Literallyryangosling777

Ай бұрын

​@@seanpetaiayou talking like kindergarden wouldn't eat uranium 234 - kelsen for no reason except it looks jummy

@seanpetaia

Ай бұрын

@@sabagecabage7828 as if there going think given to the 250 years “ cherry “ to the kids.

@TitaniumTurbine

Ай бұрын

@@seanpetaia Kids will put their grubby little hands on anything and eat it, hence why poison control has a hotline. “Swiper no swiping” is what I say.

Im gonna be honest here, I’m pretty sure those preserved fruit recipes came straight from England, and were probably made from recipes in Martha Washington’s book of cookery which dates back to the 1600’s and contains recipes like “To preserve cherries” and “To preserve Gooseberries”, that both mention putting them in a glass, or earthen pot.

@Blinkerd00d

Ай бұрын

Nahhh they were preserved by slaves. Lol I'm glad they had to bring that up for those that didn't know.

@alaefarmestatesllc

Ай бұрын

Not like plastic was available lol

@aaronlandry3934

Ай бұрын

Yeah, aren’t white people known to make jellies and preserve fruit? I seem to remember a lot of cookbooks detailing how to do this with figs

@Blinkerd00d

Ай бұрын

@@aaronlandry3934 culturally, yeah, but my point was more about the fact that in a report about something as simple as this, they found a way to interject slavery. There is more slavery happening in the world today than there ever was in Washington's time. In the US, before slavery was abolished, there were around 4,000 black slave owners with an estimated 20,000 slaves- but let's not talk about that. If you focus only on the past, you can't look at present.

@Justin4Cellar

Ай бұрын

@@Blinkerd00dwhat does slave ownership have to do with fig cookbooks? And correct the us prison system is a way more effective form of slavery since they can nab anyone now.

My boy Washington loved the cherries

@AJW3B4L

Ай бұрын

No, the slaves. The slaves did that. It was just on his land.

@C_In_Outlaw3817

Ай бұрын

2:15 And ice cream! He had good taste haha

@TheeRedBaron

Ай бұрын

@@AJW3B4L They were his slaves too if you want to go there.

@Likeaworm

Ай бұрын

@@AJW3B4Lhe taught them how to cultivate it all lol.

@kimbermichelle3922

Ай бұрын

​@@TheeRedBaron Calm down, you seem too proud! They said slaves not family members!!

I need the freaking preservation technique.

@Mark_nobody3

Ай бұрын

I think it was cloth drying so the cherry had no moisture and dropped into a no moisture glass bottle by the stems, one at a time and sealed.

@valeria-militiamessalina5672

Ай бұрын

Mummified fruit, eww. No, thank you.

@joemorgenstern9846

Ай бұрын

Put it in the jar and forget about it. Natural fermentation. I'm pretty sure that's it.

@sharonrigs7999

Ай бұрын

​@joemorgenstern9846 If it's fermented, they should distil it!

@tabora_

Ай бұрын

​@@Mark_nobody3you can literally see the moisture of the cherries against the glass 😭😭

Grumpy Grandpa here. Remind me not to let you know where I'm buried. I don't need you digging me up every 200 years. My little grave Roberts. 😂😂😂👍

@JulioCNY

Ай бұрын

😂👍😊

@Brickertonbricks

Ай бұрын

Roberts?

@TitaniumTurbine

Ай бұрын

@@Brickertonbricks Ahhh I see we have a little grave Robert right here. You’re acting a bit suspicious there, Bob.

@Chase.h.hillenberg

Ай бұрын

U can hide u cherry seeds but I will find u🫡

@Ace_Man_Gaming

Ай бұрын

Grandpa Pamela

Fasanating. Best argument for throwing away plastic and using glass , ever .

@ashleyofeverything

Ай бұрын

*fascinating

@sumwonkool

Ай бұрын

Lol

Grapes would have an awesome find for 250 year old wine. Hope they keep and heirloom re grow them. To see how different they tasted back then.

@erykahhoney588

Ай бұрын

Good idea. ❤

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep

Ай бұрын

You can't do such a thing. Seeds don;t grow true, they aren't clones. That's why grafting is done. They would have to sample the dna then clone it in a lab into a plant.

@fanatamon

Ай бұрын

can these seeds even be viable still? What were they preserved in.

Oh my gosh! I was at his plantation a couple of years ago. It’s an amazing site! How exciting to find those bottles of fruit!

Probably bottles of Cherry Bounce, actually. It was George Washington's favorite drink. Martha Washington had her own recipe that involved steeping Morello cherries in a bottle or jar of brandy or whiskey with added sugar and spices like cinnamon and cloves.

@niceguy8283

Ай бұрын

I heard George could drink two bottles of Whiskey a bottle of wine and like 8 beers in one day. The founding fathers kept track of how much they each drank to celebrate the signing of the declaration of independence

@niceguy8283

Ай бұрын

I think I meant the constitution

I love videos like these! I would love to see more!

I like how they tried so hard not to say slaves 😅😅

@wander570

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@jtl-en4yx

Ай бұрын

"enslaved people" is the correct term now.

@AustinKoleCarlisle

Ай бұрын

@@jtl-en4yx we're all enslaved.

@tommyl5319

Ай бұрын

I didn't get that impression at all. "Enslaved" is just the adjective form of the noun "slave"--not much of a conspiracy there unless you're that desperate to find one

@kingbullyrock8739

Ай бұрын

@@jtl-en4yx Unpaid volunteers

So that clear bottle is just for show?

@Korzyone

Ай бұрын

yes

@stagger9660

Ай бұрын

It was for the thumbnail

The world needs more creators like you. Your content is a beacon of positivity!

@Mrs.PiggyisNumber1

Ай бұрын

Its a news channel, the news will either be good or bad. So I would not say this channel is a beacon of positivity but more over just sharing amazing information.

40 million dollar restoration? Well, I imagine when finished, that place is going to look pretty cherry!

@propbraker

Ай бұрын

NAh, most of that will be laundered to people.

@Durzza

Ай бұрын

remember that sanfransico spent 6 million dollars on a trashcan

@tommitchell8425

Ай бұрын

Touche😊

@eyesofthebeast

Ай бұрын

they need to knock it down and make a memorial for the slaves that died on his plantation.

@davidjoe3368

Ай бұрын

@@eyesofthebeastThat ain't gonna happen! But I can tell you what will! You tell us exactly what Country you think is perfect, and we will pay your one way ticket to fly there, and you can stay there! You think it is so bad here? Then you can get the hell out of here! Right now!

Older generations would preserve fruit in a mixture of sugar and booze (how much/what kind varied.) Early Americans sometimes preserved cherries in brandy and syrup- is that what these were? ("brandied cherries by Jenny McGruther" has a recipe.)

I knew that story about chopping the Cherry tree was real 😂

Of course the slaves picked and preserved the fruit. Did they really think that George, Martha and their family did it?

@chillfluencer

Ай бұрын

...no...they were too dumb.

@redstone5149

Ай бұрын

Of course finding bottles of 250 year old cherries turns to a discussion about slavery🤦🏽‍♂️. Good grief.

@HotMatcha3

Ай бұрын

Who grew them?​@@redstone5149

@didgya

Ай бұрын

I think it was appropriate. Then the guy explained how all of those influenced food choices. Just a reality of the time.

@AntoineWilliams7118

Ай бұрын

Slaves were stealing the fruit and hiding it in the bottles in the cellar.

I want to know how the cherries were preserved so long. The low oxygen environment probably helped. But how were the cherries prepared before they were bottled? Were they bottled with alcohol to preserve them?

@bradprice8040

Ай бұрын

Me too. Grandma's canned foods wouldn't last forever, right?

@joemorgenstern9846

Ай бұрын

Put it in the jar and forget about it. Natural fermentation. I'm pretty sure that's it.

@pedrx_v9323

Ай бұрын

I think he farted on them

Wow would love to learn their preservation methods.

@joemorgenstern9846

Ай бұрын

Put it in the jar and forget about it. Natural fermentation. I'm pretty sure that's it.

@launchpadmcquack9305

Ай бұрын

It's called canning. People still do this.

@mousqy

Ай бұрын

native blood

Not too many people know that he chopped down his Father`s Cherry tree & got his teeth knocked out by his Dad. For the rest of his life, he wore wooden teeth he whittled himself. True Fact.

@theshittybowman

Ай бұрын

That’s wild!

@user-mw8to4ng9i

Ай бұрын

Wooden teeth he carved from the very tree he got his teeth knocked out for chopping down..oh, sweet irony!!

@abigailgarcia3090

Ай бұрын

@@theshittybowmanit’s not true he is being sarcastic lol

@patrickkunkle5958

Ай бұрын

He must have kept the cherries from the tree in commemoration of his dad who taught him an important lesson: wooden teeth work just as well

@MyToastyToast

Ай бұрын

It’s not true also because Washington didn’t have wooden teeth (or rather, only like three were wooden). The rest were teeth “donated” from his slaves

Oh, they aren't going to mention the $500k in gold and diamonds also buried that they pocketed right away?

How can they possibly know it's 250 years old?

@Paul_214

Ай бұрын

They didn't taste like the ones from the grocery store, so they ball parked it.

What was the process they used to preserve the fruit. It clearly works and I want to know please

@AuthenticMage

Ай бұрын

Doesn’t mean that the fruit is still safe to eat, just that it’s identifiable

Washington loved Cherry Bounce a type of homemade wine made from cherry juice, brandy, and sugar, with spices added in.

I wonder if they were pitted and sweetened?

Notice how they called it a plantation instead of farm.

@Bagramwarcrimes

Ай бұрын

What about it

@Kaktus965

29 күн бұрын

What’s your point?

@pumpkinproblem

11 күн бұрын

Okay?

I was visiting when they found that. Pretty cool

This is incredible information!

خیلی ممنون از شما. میشه یه خورده بیشتر توضيح دهد

Imagine trying to make a plantation sound fun 😂😂😂

@LuckyCharms777

Ай бұрын

Imagine not knowing what you’re talking about. They had a better life back then than they do in the projects.

@mikewed7380

Ай бұрын

Like we going breeze past the fact he was a slave owner

@LuckyCharms777

Ай бұрын

@@mikewed7380 Like we going to breeze by the fact that buhlaks captured other buhlaks and sold them into slavery, that the first slave owner in America was buhlak and owned Wt slaves.

@porshataylor-ee5ri

Ай бұрын

​@@LuckyCharms777 ⌨️ warrior 🪖😭🤣🤣🤣

@HighwayMerc

Ай бұрын

​@@LuckyCharms777You sound insane...

He says they're still fresh, so he ate one of them?

All that ... and no reporting on if they have been tasted? And if so, how they tasted?

So this is where George hid the cherries after he chopped down that tree.

Bless you, Mr. President.

So whose brave enough to taste 250 year old fruit? Not me.

@michellewhelen3251

Ай бұрын

😶 There is no way on God's green earth that I would even consider tasting anything that old. I can't even imagine what those cherries smell like. Probably not pleasant 😖.

@skymaster1221

Ай бұрын

Steve1989MRE info would probably be up to the task

@homuraakemi4559

Ай бұрын

"Now let's get this on to a tray"​@@skymaster1221

@skymaster1221

Ай бұрын

@@homuraakemi4559 “nice, mkay”

@Ace_Man_Gaming

Ай бұрын

The LA Beast would

I wonder if some seeds could be started? It would be very interesting to carry on the line directly.

Very fascinating but how do you get them out without breaking the bottle?

Gonna find out theyre some poisoned cherries left for the british, and somehow the poison helped preserve them.

I like how they just throw out. It was the black people who made these when they don't even know.

There is more than one family growing cherries from the original trees of the Washington estate.

What a Wonderful discovery! Folks who Can, collect antique bottles, and food historians and American history! Fantastic!!! I bet the archeology folks were over the moon! What a cool dig!

Some had to take a bite of the cherry when no one was looking

He did chop down the cherry tree!

How did they have plastic in them?

Absolutely fascinating. Just thrilling to see this! I hope they can extract some bits and get a tree from this discovery! Astounding!

Well so how many cherry trees did this guy chopped down as a kid😂😂😂😂😂

@JohnSmith-cq6jn

Ай бұрын

none🤣 the story was made up

@seasea12

Ай бұрын

He had a vendetta.

How much do I have to pay to eat some of them?

This is fascinating on multiple fronts. Incredible historical significance, as well as biological- I wonder in what ways have cherries changed genetically over the past 244 years. There’s so much to learn!!

I had a feeling they'd find something like this

Always got to throw the slavery in it.

Interesting

1:16- 1:23 that really moved the story about fruits along.

I wonder if the seeds from the fruit can be germinated, given how much plants have been altered over time , having some original genetic material preserved could lead to a historic variation

@ram64man

Ай бұрын

@@wantspizzadaily1316 I was assuming they were left in as that fact was only discovered- years later according to records , thanks anyway

They care so much about his stuff but very little about what he stood for

@chelee8804

Ай бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Wow, that sudden transition from found Cherries to Washington being a Slave Owner was Flawless and REALLY contributed to the conversation. I am Now wondering, is it confirmed that Washington was Gay ? I mean Everyone knows he was, But is it confirmed yet ?

@Sentient-potato

Ай бұрын

Wait, he was?

@aurorahasfallen

Ай бұрын

Nahhh, he was clearly trans!1!!1!1

@fugofugo5135

Ай бұрын

​@@aurorahasfallen Regardless Of what he was, I feel OfFENDED by this news team to mention him being a slave owner BUT NOT which orientation he had. This is outrageous.

@KFK-wv7jo

Ай бұрын

​@@aurorahasfallen@no he wasn't. My goodness

@KFK-wv7jo

Ай бұрын

He wasn't gay or trans.

How cool. I’ve been in that basement. I was surprised at how small Mt Vernon was relatively speaking.

I’m not sure if remembering correctly or not but didn’t Washington make moonshine and considering that the bottles were found next to a well kinds says that those cherries were meant to be used for moonshine or something like that

Ain't no way they looked like fresh cherries

@TitaniumTurbine

Ай бұрын

You should see some of the preserved food they’ve found in Egypt… your mind would be blown.

@licktin1091

Ай бұрын

@@TitaniumTurbineyou can still eat the honey that was preserved in Egypt to this day. Even though honey doesn’t rot, there were no contaminants or dead animals inside the jars. The way humans find different ways to preserve things is amazing!

@terramarini6880

Ай бұрын

They looked candied or like maraschino cherries without the red cordial.

@joemorgenstern9846

Ай бұрын

I'm clicking the dislike button for not showing the contents.

@no.no.4680

Ай бұрын

@@terramarini6880 The red ones weren't the preserved ones. They're there for clickbait. The real ones were the photo of little black balls in a vial next to it. I'd hardly call that fresh lmao.

And yet we must refrigerate everything or it goes bad in hours. Lies

@wander570

Ай бұрын

I wonder if refrigerators cause cancer?

@cybersal7

Ай бұрын

No APEEL coating at least.

@Wildlifewatcher69

Ай бұрын

“Lies” what? Why does everybody look for conspiracy theories in the dumbest places?

@sterling557

Ай бұрын

Do you know what a "larder" is? You don't always need a refrigerator, but it helps you stay lazy.

What an incredible find. I'd certainly try to grow trees from the seeds.

Why didn't they know about this before? They never did any archeological studies of the mansion before this? And what is with George and cherries? Seems like it was a running theme in his life. Maybe it was like part of his brand after the chopping of the cherry tree story.

Slavery existed in pretty much every nations around the world, but why does it seem like the US is the only country that hold on to that legacy so closely?

@MrRocca

Ай бұрын

helps push the divide

@DNDNONAME

Ай бұрын

Because is part of history…. Df is you talking about

@ytha8424

Ай бұрын

@@DNDNONAME learn from the past. Not hold on to it.

@DNDNONAME

Ай бұрын

@@ytha8424 can't speak for everyone with a statement like that 🤷🏾‍♀️

Washington Shellington

How were these preserved? I can’t get fruit back from the supermarket these days without finding something has gone rotten

@seasea12

Ай бұрын

They were probably preserved in brandy. It was an early American recipe. Google "brandied cherries by Jenny McGruther" for info. (Not my site.)

@joemorgenstern9846

Ай бұрын

Put it in the jar and forget about it. Natural fermentation. I'm pretty sure that's it.

That’s awesome. If we can figure out how to rehydrate the seeds and replant them that’d be so cool

I wonder who picked and preserved them? Edit: of course. I'm actually surprised they answered it.

Don’t forget to mention the slaves and how it was likely their contribution to the estate despite there being no first hand evidence.

@RobertMCDerp

Ай бұрын

exactly what I thought. They just had to throw that in there with 0 evidence

@Arginne

Ай бұрын

Touch grass

@RobertMCDerp

Ай бұрын

@@Arginne im not a slave

@martimcshy

Ай бұрын

The left controls all institutions. They love using slavery, among other things, as a tool to keep people feeling like victims. Give them special privileges, keep people divided and what they have is complete control over almost everyone. Only nation on earth that obsesses over slavery

Grab those seeds, they're not owned by monsanto LOL

I told you he didn’t chop down the cherry tree.😂

Rick from Pawn Stars: I’ll offer you $2.03

@tommitchell8425

Ай бұрын

That dude is a clown🤡

give

@SpoFork

Ай бұрын

give

@MyName_Jeff

Ай бұрын

I made a poopy

@heyimadino

Ай бұрын

gimme 🤲

My guy really said , "MORE CHERRIES

Stored and paved over. Preppers for hard times. And people look down on anyone doing that today. Our founders knew the score.

@bobbarker2726

Ай бұрын

Hard times never came, left buried and wasted. Would have been better to eat them for the poor soul who likely starving buried them.

❤️‍🔥

Find his glass bong next

Headline: Cherries at Mount Vernon! Article: and you thought we weren’t gonna bring up slavery?!

“OH ANd BLacK PEoPLe proBably picKD theM”

So glad they called it what it was a plantation and not an estate

@Kaktus965

29 күн бұрын

Yaaaa. That made liiike suuuuch a big difference to my feelings as I watched thissss omgggg.

@ellachino4799

21 күн бұрын

You know plantation and estate aren't mutually exclusive right

He cannot tell a lie.

Looks like we about to get some of that cherry OG 😂

Talking about slaves was shoehorned into the story, because that's actually DEI policy now whenever talking about the Founding Fathers.

If any of the seeds get planted, it should be in tribute to those who worked tirelessly, enslaved at his estate. Their expertise is why it was so well preserved; they alone deserve the credit.

@Arginne

Ай бұрын

You have literally zero evidence that slaves bottled this fruit

@makwabear4078

Ай бұрын

@@ArginneI mean yeah, slaves didn’t get a lot of credit for anything because they were just that - slaves. So yes, it would be hard to find a lot of evidence for what work slaves did. But one had to assume they did all the hardest labour since it was free/cheap.

That's not the story i Heard ...it was a 420 plant

Washington's blood lust against the cherries knew no bounds. He slaughtered them all, even the saplings.

So sick of people trying to shame our founding fathers with slavery.

@lovepet4565

Ай бұрын

It was terrible, ive seen the images Read fredrick Douglass book But it gets old

@dearwhitenbiracialcommunit7924

Ай бұрын

It sure is tiring when ur generations of people never had to face slavery themselves.

@twizzymm7648

28 күн бұрын

@@dearwhitenbiracialcommunit7924every race have been enslaved at some point

Truly amazing what a treasure absolutely priceless

It’s such a beautiful place and so interesting. Everyone should go if they can. ❤

Bless the Lord for such a gift as cherries from our best president GW who would not be king but defer to the People for the good of America where we live free or Die 🇺🇸..

Massa Washington showl loved him sum cherries

People don’t realize just how many historical sites have been found just by some construction workers digging up the ground we recently excavated 2 foundries and had to postpone the construction until they were able to safely transport some of the items from one and the other they made it a protected historic site

How did they taste?

He was a cherry Poppin, daddy

@mashukyreilight

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XD nice adult joke bud I've watched documentaries saying he might of knocked up a slave during that time but denied the child was his despite the child looking similar to George Washington

@jonathanng138

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​@@mashukyreilightNow they driving hellcats and thugging the streets

@mashukyreilight

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@@jonathanng138 XD

On Juneteenth,no doubt.

@AWildKappa

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That was yesterday

@MinimalistOutdoors

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They dont even know it was yesterday