stupid questions IIa - norvid_studies
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January 2023–March 2023
Why does Finland have so many lakes? Why were there so few naval battles in the Caspian sea? Why are casualties from ships sinking so high? Difficult to survive swimming in cold ocean water for long? Ship sinks fast and a lot of people are inside and can't get out? Lots of explosives and internal fires? Or just no rescue? And how does it change in age of sail, steam etc. Why do fighters tilt on their side to dive? Why do the biggest animals live in grasslands instead of forests or jungles? (both now and in general...? late Pleistocene extinctions provide some filter but don't change this…
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