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For sharing interesting thing you learned recently!
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@aviationdoctor.eth
TIL that La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes is the highest human settlement in the world at 5,100 m / 16,700 ft. The gold mines nearby have attracted a population of about 30,000 workers who live in absolute dire conditions with no proper sanitation in this harsh and remote region.
It is known as the lawless city of Peru because of the very high crime rate, drug use, prostitution, etc. driven by abject poverty and despair. It is also an environmental disaster with piles of trash everywhere and mercury contamination of the soil and lakes, and a ticking time bomb as the melting glaciers risk wiping out inhabited areas.
I’m not a fan of how wasteful Bitcoin PoW mining is, but the human and social cost of gold is appalling on another level
https://youtu.be/mJuTM7TJ9J0
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@moo
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The literal fuck hat for birds
https://www.theawl.com/2017/10/how-literal-fuck-hats-saved-the-peregrine-falcon/
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@gidwell
TIL Apple switched the default system font from Helvetica Neue to something else in 2015
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@moo
TIL the man who shot the murderer of Abraham Lincoln had cut off his own balls earlier
https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/12/the-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth/
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It might be possible for naked singularities to exist and we can see inside into a black hole when it collapses.
https://youtu.be/vl6gzT1vK5k?si=VRbNB9V-3XPL0t2g
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@moo
TIL How rice cooker works
With a magnet and Curie temperature
https://youtu.be/RSTNhvDGbYI?si=8HFZ6IHUm1LCAfqY
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What EV battery pack looks like and how to fix it
https://youtu.be/0SfzM1OXLDc?si=3Eakom893CzFK7g0
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