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Fill that FOIA request right up.


I completely agree. The Olympic Games are a huge waste. The stadiums built in Rio for the 2016 games are standing there unused and unmanaged and slowly degrading. I think that it was a shame that Rio was chosen to host the Olympic games. Their country should have spent the money on the nearly 50 million people in poverty in Brazil. (source: https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/more-tha...)


Imagine if the full 2,754 tons exploded.


The Halifax explosion of 1917 would give you a good idea of what it would have looked like


That's very interesting. Tbh even though I think bout postapocalyptic situations a lot I never thought of that.


Bret Devreux had a very fascinating history of how iron was made posted, long read but it explains a lot of the complications and work that went into historically making iron, and many of the reasons metal was so rare & expensive. Well worth a read.

https://acoup.blog/2020/09/18/collections-iron-how-did-they-...


I just read one of his books for school.


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