The recipient doesn't need a plug-in or any special software to read your message.

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Tiger sent a message to Rory that Dan Hicks read on-air during the NBC telecast.

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But Reverend Bob Mason, the local vicar, posted a message on Facebook - and thousands have read and shared it.

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On the first day of the operation, Mix sent a message back to his supervisor that read, "Too much flowrate -- over 15, 000 and too large an orifice, " an FBI affidavit outlining the charges states.

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Kenyan soldiers have "established no-fire zones around markets, schools, mosques and hospitals", another message read.

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