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rRYp1 TIL in 1973, a volcano erupted on the Icelandic island of Heimaey. Rather than fleeing to safety, the residents of the island sprayed the advancing lava flow with seawater in order to form a wall and direct the lava into the sea.
xYQg TIL If all new cars produced were powered by lithium batteries, the world would run out of lithium in ~30 years.
mpbo TIL that there is no reason to expect a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone in the near future. Such events are ‘neither regular nor predictable’.