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History Short: Damn the Dam! (Dam Disasters)
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January 25, 2026
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1:56Now PlayingOn January 25, 2019, the people of Brumadinho, Brazil, found out how dam failure can be a catastrophe when a mining dam broke and 270 people were killed.
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