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TIL The Knox Mine Disaster re-routed the Susquehanna River and created 7 new islands in it. It’s known as the final nail in the coffin for Pennsylvania’s coal mining industry. 12 miners died when they were ordered to illegally dig under the river in search of deeper deposits..

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