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  1. It's fascinating to see how science is being used to understand and mitigate the effects of natural disasters like flooding and landslides. The insights gained from this research could potentially save countless lives.

  2. Mawsynram in Meghalaya , India is the wettest place on earth. It receives an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in). However there are many other places in India which beats Mawsynram at times. Eg : Udaghamandalam received an average annual rainfall of 18,596 mm in 2022. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985. Irrespective of the inconvenience caused by rain most people like Indian Monsoon's

  3. 10:28 So, the water pressure in the pores between grains increases, which "decreases the friction between the grains" but it doesn't make it slippery? I don't get it. Isn't a decrease in friction an essential aspect of the quality of slipperiness?

  4. So you're hawking VPNs now? At least you're only talking about their last remaining use case – getting content not available in your location. Did you explicitly refuse to include security as a benefit?

  5. Sad to see Veritasuim getting political. Especially after years of being a reliable source. hopefully this tapers back and they begin sticking to facts over opinions.

  6. It's funny how he brought up the stat that the amazon rain forest has 3x less rain on average, and then I looked it up and realised my country has 3x more rain too than the amazon rain forest and almost the same as this Island 😂 but we get none of the sun.. I knew our weather was shite

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