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Balloons are bad for the Earth because they are hazardous to wildlife and can cause outages and fires if they drift into power lines.

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X0OaX TIL That the last Civil War pension was paid in 2020 to the daughter of a soldier who fought for both the Confederacy and Union.
oBLRL TIL of James Dean’s 1955 Porsche “Little Bastard” which is rumored to be cursed. The body has disappeared, and parts that were salvaged and went on other cars often caused tragedies.
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