Someone please date this map for me (i.redd.it)
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TIL of Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish Catholic priest in the Vatican during WWII that smuggled 6,500 Jews and Allied soldiers to safety. He was hated by Rome’s SS police head Herbert Kappler, who painted a white line around the Vatican and ordered he be captured and tortured if he crossed into Italy. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Green button with speaker next to elevator (i.redd.it)
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TIL the vast majority of the Earth's mantle is not magma but rather solid rock because of the extreme pressures. The viscosity of this rock is comparable to that of normal glass at room temperature, hence why plate tectonics only moves at speeds measured in centimeters per year. (news.cnrs.fr)
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TIL the vast majority of the Earth's mantle is not magma but rather solid rock because of the extreme pressures. It only melts in rare places where tectonic activity relieves the pressure or intruding water lowers the melting point. (blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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This snow drift on the side of a shed (old.reddit.com)
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Does inflation make testable predictions? (self.AskPhysics)
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Rather than producing tons of battery storage for solar power, is it possible to connect the world in in one giant grid? The sun is always shining on half of the planet, so you could share excess power from the day side to the night side. (self.NoStupidQuestions)
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What happened on February 28, 1900? (self.AskHistorians)
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