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Wales and Pennsylvania are two ends of the same coal deposit. Known as the Transatlantic Seam it was split by millions of years of continental drift

Oct 14, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: Wales and Pennsylvania are two ends of the same coal deposit. Known as the “Transatlantic Seam” it was split by millions of years of continental drift

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