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  "question": "Was today the anniversary of a famous patent?",
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  "verdict": "yes",
  "headline": "YES",
  "answer": "Yes — Joseph Glidden filed his barbed wire patent on October 27, 1873, 153 years ago today.",
  "details": [
    "Glidden's twisted-barbs design fenced in the American West",
    "Philip B. Downing patented an improved street mailbox on this date in 1891",
    "Gleb Kotelnikov patented the backpack parachute on October 27, 1911"
  ],
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    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
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      "title": "URA.RU",
      "url": "https://ura.news/articles/1053139261"
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    {
      "title": "Justia",
      "url": "https://patents.justia.com/patents-by-issue-date/1998/10/27?page=4#1"
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    {
      "title": "NewsOnRadar",
      "url": "https://www.newsonradar.com/todays-motto-a-leader-keeps-his-focus-on-finding-answers-not-excuses/"
    }
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