The first recorded sightings of modern times date back to the early 1950s, when a large black feline dubbed the Surrey Puma was spotted prowling through the countryside near Farnham.

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The first major organizational system based on paper was probably the early-modern form of the British Royal Mail, which at its peak was picking up and delivering mail several times a day in London.

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