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TIL California has mandated all new homes to be energy neutral which is the equivalent of LEED Zero Carbon certification.

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XELXj TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
neApd TIL about Ben Carlin, an engineer from Australia who, after several false starts, circumnavigated the globe in a modified amphibious army Jeep in the 1950s. At the time not many people actually believed he had done what he claimed.
160D4 TIL: Unemployment Insurance (USA): Estimated Amount of Fraud: $100+ Billion. Check That Your SSN wasn't stolen.
OGgJ6 TIL when introduced, there was a conspiracy saying the creation Zip Codes was masked Communism made “to depersonalize or dehumanize” Americans
Wk9oA TIL it is 100% legal be to buried at sea in the USA. You basically wrap the body in a sheet with some weights, at least 3 miles from shore and throw it off the boat. The Navy even has a program to assist veterans of the armed services.