Something Cool Is Tucked Away On The Mars Rover

Five Things You Need To Know for Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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1. Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced that they are merging their railroads to make the first U.S-Canada-Mexico railroad. The price tag to this is $29 Billion!

2. Something pretty cool is tucked away on the new mars rover! Below the belly of the Perseverance lies a small, drone helicopter that will be the first ever "aerial" machine on the red planet. But what's inside it will blow your mind. A piece of cloth from the original Wright Brothers airplane!

3. On this date in 1898, the first car was sold in the U.S.

4. It's National Cheesesteak Day

5. (Fun Fact) Tennessee has the highest tax on beer of any state, at $1.29 per gallon. Wyoming has the lowest at two cents per gallon.

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