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TIL 9/11 responders are dying from inhalation of ground zero waste, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not let the Zadroga Act pass.

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OGlAe TIL in March of ‘62, during development for the B-58 Hustler, a black bear named Yogi became the first living being to survive a supersonic ejection.
l7YmB TIL that the Amish can and do use electricity - solar panels. Their belief system isn't that they can't use electricity, it's that they don't want to rely on outside technology like a city electric grid.
MemoW TIL that Sawyer Brown is not the name of a country music singer but is the name of a band
xJn5 TIL an Australian company wants to resurrect gladiator duels with carbon-fiber suits
4XJRa TIL The us has the highest average disposable income and third highest median disposable income out of any country