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cymbal_king@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Uzbekistan has a high-speed (>124 mph/200 km/h for upgraded tracks and >155 mph/250 km/h for new tracks) rail network bigger than US, 370 mi/600 km vs 49.9 mi/80.3 kmEnglish1·4 months agoI think the north east corridor Acela line claims to be high speed, its a bit faster than standard Amtrak I guess. I think there’s also a line in Florida
cymbal_king@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionEnglish93·10 months agoEVs don’t do any shifting and usually have a low center of gravity, even better for suspect road conditions!
cymbal_king@lemmy.worldto Terrible Estate Agent Photos@feddit.uk•So much siding, but it keeps getting worse13·11 months agoAny one else notice the shower controls OUTSIDE the shower?!
That’s also quite a labyrinth of a front door patio
cymbal_king@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about Thomas Midgley and I wonder what's 'perfectly safe' today.English10·1 year agoThe copious amounts of sugar in our diets, antibiotics for livestock (or just factory farming in general), single-use plastics, and new pesticides/herbicides are today’s things that are “perfectly safe”…but not really.
With the exception of medicine, a big issue in the U.S. at least is that companies don’t have to proactively prove a new chemical/product is safe for the environment or public health before selling it. The EPA really only has the authority and staffing capabilities to step in once issues arise years or decades later. Just look at PFAS which are finally getting regulated decades too late.
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