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TIL about the Green Bank Observatory, home to the world’s largest & most sensitive radio telescope. Green Bank, West Virginia is located in what is known as the ‘Quiet Zone’, the only area in the US where mobile phones, WiFi, & microwave ovens are prohibited so as not to interfere with the telescope

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TIL about the Green Bank Observatory, home to the world’s largest & most sensitive radio telescope. Green Bank, West Virginia is located in what is known as the ‘Quiet Zone’, the only area in the US where mobile phones, WiFi, & microwave ovens are prohibited so as not to interfere with the telescope

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