Today’s Internet Rabbit Hole:
Reddit, discussing Civilization VI
Civ VI page on Mount Everest as a gameplay element [+1 faith and +2 appeal on adjacent tiles!]
Wikipedia page on Mount Everest [China and Nepal had a big disagreement on the height of the mountain when their measurements differed by a measly 4 meters!]
Wikipedia page on altitude sickness [Did you know mountain climbers are dumb and often die?]
Wikipedia page on Olympus Mons [It’s the tallest planetary mountain in the whole solar system!]
Wikipedia page on Orographic lift [It’s the reason mountains have those weird, awesome clouds around the tippy tops!]
Wikipedia page on Kahoolawe, HI [The whole island is arid because of the orographic lift casting a rain shadow on it!]
Wikipedia page on rain shadow [Mountains often block rain from passing, leading to arid areas where there might otherwise be lots of water!]
Wikipedia page on the Tibetan Plateau [It’s the third largest store of frozen water on the planet and it’s melting super fast! Scientists are alarmed!]
Wikipedia page on Tibetan sovereignty debate [Borders and governments are weird! China kinda sucks!]
Wikipedia page on Hawaiian Sovereignty movement [Wait, that’s a thing? Jesus the US is horrible]
Wikipedia page on Rice v. Cayetano [Supreme Court case allowing people not of native Hawaiian descent to vote for state representatives, claiming racial exclusion? Against white folks? But I don’t entirely disagree with the ruling? But it’s bad for native Hawaiians? But as part of the US government, everyone should get a voice? But racism against white people? This is really complicated imma stop now]
I know some new things now