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We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.

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Jeff Bezos
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 12
Astronaut
Computer Scientist
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
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