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Teenager's backyard experiment causes Superfund site; megacorp builds data center

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A teenager's attempt to create a reactor using Americium in his backyard led to a Superfund site designation and neighborhood evacuation. Subsequently, a large corporation intervened, securing approval to construct a data center that allegedly contaminated the local water and crops, leading to a plague-like outbreak. AI

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Teenager's backyard experiment causes Superfund site; megacorp builds data center

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    A teenager turns his backyard into a Superfund site by trying to make a reactir from Americium and the government tells the whole neighborhood to evacuate but a

    A teenager turns his backyard into a Superfund site by trying to make a reactir from Americium and the government tells the whole neighborhood to evacuate but a megacorp forces their way in and pays off the city council to build a slopbot data center that poisons their water supp…

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