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Today-History-Jan26

Today in History for Jan. 26: In 1500, the mouth of the Amazon River in South America was discovered by Vicente Yanez Pinzon, a veteran of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World.
"Involuntary parks" transform Earth’s most dangerous and contaminated sites into accidental wildlife sanctuaries.
On Jan. 16, 1988, Addam Swapp and Vickie Singer detonated 50 pounds of dynamite inside a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in the tiny town of Marion, in Summit County.