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Today I learned...

The facekini, which basically looks like a ski mask made of the fabric normally used in bathing suits, was invented in China to protect the swimmer's face from jellyfish stings. But women in China started wearing them mainly to keep their faces from getting tanned because traditionally, light skin in Asia is seen as attractive.

Well, it would keep my light skin from being sunburned, but I'd bet I'd get some weird looks wearing one to the beach. And I'll bet your skin through the holes in the mask would tan, and that would really look weird.:)
 
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Heimlich maneuver on self Information | Mount Sinai - New York
 
The antelope mentioned in the song Home on the Range were most likely the pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). They are also known as American antelope.
 
The Franklin River in Tasmania (Australia) was named for the same John Franklin, an Englishman, who made three exploration expeditions into the North American arctic looking for the Northwest Passage, and died during the last expedition.
 
We have a political party in Australia that keeps pushing the idea of nuclear power (I strongly suspect that they're taking kick backs for it) but except for a couple of specific locations we simply can't supply them with enough water. Except for Antarctica we're the driest continent on the planet.

Then there's the other problem of supplying those nuclear power stations with fuel, although we have large deposits of uranium there's no way known to man that we'll ever be allowed to refine it ourselves so that means we'd be dependent on another country to supply us with nuclear fuel rods. In our current world situation that's simply not a path we're prepared to go down.
 
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We have a political party in Australia that keeps pushing the idea of nuclear power (I strongly suspect that they're taking kick backs for it) but except for a couple of specific locations we simply can't supply them with enough water. Except for Antarctica we're the driest continent on the planet.

Then there's the other problem of supplying those nuclear power stations with fuel, although we have large deposits of uranium there's no way known to man that we'll ever be allowed to refine it ourselves so that means we'd be dependent on another country to supply us with nuclear fuel rods. In our current world situation that's simply not a path we're prepared to go down.
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We have Uranium mines, and a similar problem with a government pushing for more involvement. I assume there are kick-backs, but probably also a lot of spite over being told they are failing at arithmetic.
 
Shevek said:
Yes, as long as the fusion reactor is 93 million miles away. Otherwise, it is expensive, dangerous, and a hazard needing maintenance for millennia after the steam is gone.
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Only the short half life elements, biggest misnomer, This is how they spook people, Our neighbour to the south does not realize thier uranium comes from us. including for weapons.
 
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