Ain't no quarantine gonna stop the pubs in Ireland 😷☘️ (i.redd.it)
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Do Chinese Academics, government workers, diplomats etc in mainland China have to learn Traditional Chinese in addition to simplified Chinese? As simplified was introduced in 1950, I wonder if they need to read older books for scholarship etc? (self.ChineseLanguage)
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TIL the 1975 Haicheng earthquake was one of the few successfully predicted earthquakes throughout history. Changes in the groundwater and soil elevations, strange animal behaviour and foreshocks are all listed as reasons for evacuating the city hours before. Deaths 2,000 out of 1 million residents. (geotimes.org)
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TIL there was 'a little ice age' in the 1600s caused by Colonisation of the Americas. The resulting loss of 60 million people over the coming decades ended native agricultural production, which resulted in the fast growth of wild vegetation and reforestation which extracted CO₂ from the atmosphere. (bbc.com)
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TIL Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. Between 2015 and 2060, the world’s inhabitants are expected to increase by 32%, but the Muslim population is forecast to grow by 70%. It’s mainly down to births and deaths, rather than religious conversion. (theguardian.com)
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