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Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• East Point police cruiser involved in crash (fox5atlanta.com) — An East Point police officer was hospitalized Monday after a crash on East Cleveland Avenue, where medics loaded the alert officer into an ambulance as multiple police and emergency vehicles secured the scene. Another vehicle with a heavily damaged front end was also involved, but officials have not yet released details on how the collision happened or the conditions of those injured.
• Microsoft Is Camouflaging 20+ Data Centers As Nature, While Signing a 20-Year Gas Deal (gadgetreview.com) — Microsoft is planning a major data center campus in East Point that will feature walking trails, mature trees, and native plants to help visually screen the facility. The project is part of a broader Microsoft push to pair ecological restoration with rapid data center expansion, even as the company's overall emissions and long-term natural gas commitments draw growing scrutiny.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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