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TIL that the EPA was founded as a response to an overly polluted river catching fire in 1969

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PYEVn TIL New York City is actually rainier than London
neNxB TIL about Vulcan, an isolated WV town which, after a bridge collapse left them with no legal road access, appealed to the Soviet Union for funding. As intended, the Soviet Union used Vulcan as an example of American failure, prompting international attention and 1.3M$ of US funding for a new bridge.
DRgV TIL Kathryn Bigelow is the first and only female to win the Academy Award for Best Director, winning for the 2009 film “The Hurt Locker”
pY0kZ TIL that bats are not blind at all and in fact have eyesight keener than that of most humans
ZpyVY TIL Ohio has license plates reading "Birthplace of Aviation" and North Carolina reads "First in Flight" because the two states both claim the Wright Brothers as their own. The Wrights performed the first controlled, powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. but built their plane in Ohio