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TIL British power stations are burning wood from US forests to meet renewables targets

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d868K TIL a Brooklyn mailman neglected to deliver around 40,000 pieces of mail; about 2,500 pounds of US mail were found in the home, locker, & car of mailman Joseph Brucato. When the mail was found, a spokeswoman for USPS said she didn't know when the mail from Brucato's route would be delivered.
0dAjM TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth
DQdXg TIL the most polluted place in the US is Hanford Nuclear Site, home to 56 million gallons of nuclear waste, leaking storage tanks, and contaminated soil.
kJxRg TIL Roller Coasters were invented in 1884 to save Americans from Satanic temptations, following the uprise of saloons and brothels.